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The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21
From Tennessee.

The following letter to ex.C Congress.
man McKeighan from ]. L. Miller, OF
johnson City, Tenn, will be Of interest
to many Red Cloud peoplel .s1,@
JOHNSON CRY, Tenn, June 9, 1895.
Mr.. w. A. McKEIGHAN--Dear Sir:-1
write you this morning to let you know
that we are still in the land Of the living
and are all we'll. I hope this will find
you and the family we'll. Ihave nothing
OF Importance to write at this time. We
have a fine season aud all kind Of crops
are good, wheat and oats ::are very fine
and corn is good but not very large yet.
We have a fine garden. peas, new pota.
toes and beans. This is a fine climate,
very healthful, and very pleasant to live
in. would not go TO Nebraska and
live again for anything, as We can live
In comfort and not be burned up or
frozen up nor blown away. I have not
seen a storm OF windy day since / have
been here, and the nights are cool and
one wants a blanket to sleep under.
Our business 10 increasing, and liam Of
the opinion that we will build up a big
business here in time. We have not
enough money to run the business as it
should be, as it requires considerable in
the tanning business. as we tan our
leather from eight to twelve months and
it takes that time to get a return from
the mony invested in hides and bark and
labor. We have a thousand pieces Of
leather in process Of tanning and finish.
ing at this time, and at the present ad.
vance in leather will make us a nice
profit. W. do not sell any leather ex.
cept shoe leather. We make harness,
saddles, collars and leggins and all kinds
Of strap work and brides. We have a
fine saddle trade, yesterday we sold four
saddles, and two sets OF harness, and a
lot OF small things such as collars and
brides. II we had more money we
would be in it. I see by the papers that
Nebraska has had big rains and that the
prospect for a crop is good. l am &C
glad for the people that have borne the
burden for years, that they have a pros
pect for a new lease Of life. Please lei
me hear from you at an early date.
Yours,
j. L. MILLER.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

The raise OF 70 mills in Pleasant Hill
by the board Of supervisors is a very un.
just affair to that township. The board
attempted to raise the valuation OF live
stock, and took the above method, which
not only raises the live stock but all
personal property, but rather than to
pick out the value OF live stock and raise
it individually the increase wal made on
all personality, which will cause mer.
chants, for instance, living in Cowles to
pay a greater amount Of taxes on their
stocks than those Of this city would pay.
The slipshod assessments and the slip.
shod equalizations are enough to compel
q fellow to exclaim "where are We at" for
good bueiness men to transact our bust
q
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

Out in Webster county, near the
Francis school house, lies a little I'm
known grave, almost obliterated by the
passage Of years. A slight depression
the ground is all that indicates the spot
where years ago IN emigrant laid his
little child away to sleep. who had sick.
ened and died In the long journey across
the plains. No stone to mark the spot;
no kind heart to remember the lonely
grave; only a parents knowledge that
somewhere on the vast prairie their lit
tie one was laid away. But on last
Decoration day the children Of that
school carefully restored the little grave,
cleared the surroundings, and planted
shrubs to mark the epot, afterward liter
ally covering the little mound with fra.
grant blossoms. At the conclusion OF
these ceremonies they marched around
the grave two by two and. pausing al
the head, lifted their childish voices in
the hymn 20 think OF the home over
there" Beautiful childhood, with tht
| God.given love OF fellow creatures YET
undimmed by worldly experience, the
kindly impulses Of your heart, 90 ten.
derby carried out prove the strength Of
human sympathy, and the universe.
brotherhood Of man. Every mother
blesses your fragrant deed for the sake
Of the lonely mother who, years before
left 80 much Of her heart and lie on the
wild Nebraska prairies. Syracuse Jour
nal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21
All Free.

Those who have used DR.. Kings New
Discovery know it's value, and those who
have not, have o the opportunity TO
try it free. Call on the advertised drug
gist and get a trial bottle, free. Send
your name and address to H. L. Bucklen
Il Co.. Chicago. aud get a sample box Of
Dr.. Kings New Life pills free, as we'll as
a copy of Guide to Health and Household
Instruct tor, rree. All Of which is guaran.
teed to do you good and cost you nothing
at c. L. Cuttings drugstore.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21
See the Worlds Fair for Fifteen
Cents.

Upon receipt of your address aud AZ.
teen cents in postage stamps we will mail
You prepaid our Souvenir portfolio Of
the worlds columbian exposition. the reg.
ular price is fifty cents, but es we want
you to have n we make the price nomi.
nal. You will find il a work OF art and a
thing to be priced. II contains full page
views Of the great buildings with descrip.
tons of the same and is executed in high.
est style Of art. II not satisfied with il,
after you get it we will refund the stamps
and let you keep the book. Address,
H. Z. BUCKLEN 4 CO., Chicago, Ill.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21
Get HOODS
Hondsc Dill are tasteless. mild. eneo.
tlOOO , = ll1S tive. All druggists. &c.
Notice.

Notice.
Notice is hereby given to all persons
owning or harboring any dog or bitch in
the corporate limits Of the city OF Red
Cloud, Nebraska, that on and after the
25th day Of June, 1895, all dogs or bitch
es found without the license tag Of the
city will be placed in pound, and il not
redeemed within twenty.four hours will
be shot by the pound master or city
marshal. w. +. WEST.
City Clerk,
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

The railroads OF the various compan.
lee In this county we're assessed as fol-
lows: Republican Valley, AZ 79.100ths
miles, per mile 1890; Nebraska 4 Col
orado, 26 3-l0Oths miles, per mile $1,000;
Pacific railway. 1 .100ths Of a mile, SASS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

TAYLOR, the Dakota treasury robber
after eluding the vigilance OF the dstec.
tive force, returned TO Dakota and 70.
ceived two years in the pen. Cheap for
stealing 100000.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21
BuckIen's Arnica SaIve.

The best salve in the world for outs,
bruises, sores, Ulcers, Salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chillblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-.
lively cures piles, or no pay required. II
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
br money refunded. Price % cents per
ooI. For sale by Getting. tt
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21
How's This!

We Offer enc hosdred dollars reward
for any case Of catarrh that cannot b
cared by Halls sstsrrh cure.
F. J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned have known F. ].
Cheney for the las fifteen years and BE-.
iisvs him perfectly honorable in all bust.
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out WY obligations made by their
firm.
West 4 Truan, Wholesale Druggists. To.
ledo, O. Walding, Finnan 4 Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
acting directly spon the blood and mu.
sous surfaces Of the system. Tsstim on.
ials sent free. Price 75c. per bottles.
Sold by all druggists.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

f. M. Coldren, editor Of the Oberlin
(Kansas) Heral, was Q pleasant visitor to
our tepee this week. He runs the only
"pop' paper in Oberlin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

While other people went to church
last Sunday, Grover Cleveland went
fishing. The old line democrats should
never whip their boys, hereafter. for
fishing on Sunday.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21
NOTES.

II. II. Hoskins, editor OF Norcatur
Register, was in Red Cloud this week on
business and made our editorial wigwam
q pleasant visit.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

Book at druggists, or mailed free.
Address The Sterling Remedy Co.,
Chicago Office, As Randolph ST, New
York, 10 Spruce st.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

A fine Kitchen Knife S%harpener given
away to every lady customer at Cottlng's
drugstore.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

Take your wagon work to Stapleton
He FORCES all irons for buggies out Of the
best Norway iron, uses no malleable iron
in repairing buggies.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

To make the hair grow a natural colo T
prevent badness, and keep the scalp
healthy, Halls Hair Remover was invent
cd, and has proved itself successful.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

Eight tons Of millet hay for sale. Jno
Garner, box 528, Red Cloud.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

Envelopes Sc a package at Deyo
Grice's.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21
Cures

Even when all other prepar-
atoms and prescriptions fail.
"I uAsd Hoods sarsaparilla last
winter when I had . bad cold and
headache spells for seven days. II did
me good. My father was taken with
rheumatism in his arm and he took
one bottle, after which the pains Len
his arm" GUsTAvE STONE, Gresham,
Nahraska.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

SarsapariIIa

It has won its hold upon the
hearts of the people by its
own absolute intrinsic merit
It is not what we say, but
what Hoods Sarsaparilla
does that tells the story
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fsir Highest Msdaland Diploma.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21
Blood
Purifier

Before the people today, and
which stands prominently
above all other medicines, Is
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-06-21
Only

Great and thoroughly -.
liable building:up medicine
nerve tonic, vitalizer and
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-12-06

~" A. 4. Fitzpatrick, ef Fill
more, Cal, had the misfortune to
have his leg caught between a cart
and stone and badly bruised. Or.
dinarily he would have been laid
up for two or three weeks, bat says:
"After using one bottle of Cham
berlain's Pain Balm, ] began TO
feel better, and in three days was
entirely we'll. The peculiar sooth-
lnS quslities which Chamberlain's
Pain Balm possesses | have never
noticed in ahy other liniment. l
take pleasure in recommending it,"
This Iiniment is also Of great value
for rheumatism and lame back.
For sale by w. r. Greenwell 4 Son,
Leonardtown Jos. s. Matthews,
Vslley Lee, and all country stores.
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sB" George W. Jenkins, editor
of the Santa Maria Times, Cal, in
speaking of the various ailments of
children said /: "When my children
have Group there is only one patent
medicine that | ever use, and that
is Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
1t possesses some medical properties
that relieve the little sufferers i'm
mediately. 1t is, in my opinion,
the best cough medicine in the mar.
ket." IL this remedy is freely Civ
en- as soon as the croupy cough ap-
pears it will prevent the attack. 1t
is also an ideal remedy for whoop-
ing cough. There is no danger in
giving it to children. as it contains
nothing injurious. For sale by w.
+. Greenwell & Son, Leonardtown
Jos. S. Matthews, Valley Lee, and
country stores.
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last, the peasant who had brought
me threw himself upon the brute in
paroxysm of furious terror, and
opening the door into a small court,
flung the animal out.
The dog was quiet Immediately,
and we remained plunged in a sill
ence still more appalling. Sudden
ly We all started at the same instant.
A creature glided against the wall
outside, toward the forest, and then
passed close by the door, which it
seemesir 20 try WITH hesitatlng
hand. Nothing more was heard
Tor few moments. We nearly
went mad with suspense. Finally
1T returned, crcuching against the
wall. and it scratched slightly at
the door, as a child would scratch
with its finger-nail. Then all at
once a head appeared against the
window -pane-a white head with
glaring eyes. A vague sound issued
from its mouth-an inarticulate
sound-a plaintive moan.
Then a fearful noise broke out
IN the stiffness. The old man had
fired. The two sons ran at once
and barricaded the window with the
table,
'And swear to you, when | heard
the unexpected report of the gun,
| was seized with such an agony of
heart and soul and body that felt
ready to faint-to die with fear.
We stayed there until dawn, in
capable of speech or of motion,
shrinking together in an unspeaka-
BILE agony of dread.
No one dared unbar the door.
until faint ray of light appeared
through crevice.
AT the foot of the wall, against
the door, the old dog lay dead, u
bullet III his throat.
He had managed to get out Of
the court by digging hole under
the palings.'
The man with the sunburnt face
was silent. Presently he added:
And yet that night ! was in no
actual danger, but | would rather
live over again all the hours in
which | have been in deadly peril,
than that single instant of the firing
of the gun through that small win
dow
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Happiness.

Happine&ss
did not dream, could not know.
That life contained such bliss.
That from a tiny germ could grow
Such happiness as this.
- last read the lesson taught
In joys mysterious eyes
As In some sweet Wild creatures, caught
And brought me as a prize.
And this Is life-that irksome gift
loaged to put away
This beadlOng force that strong and swift
Thrcbs In my veins today
There is n host of secret signs
And symphonies half sung.
As II j read between the lines
In some forgotten tongue.
And through IL all meaning runs
surely used to know;
= must hare lived ana felt a 0aecsf
Long centuries ago.
sweet new message turks between
The puisfng waves Of light;
Dear God, till now have not seen
Thy lovely world Alright
-ElEaheth c. Cardozo In Scribncr for De-
cember.
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Biggest lack Pot.

Il don't play poker myself.' said
Major General Miles. In fact. I
am glad to say that the game
has rather gone out Of the army.
but | think | can claim to have wit.
messed the biggest game as to stakes
that was ever PLAYED
Tell us about il. General said
Colonel Ochiltrec. Il have some
pretty good poker stories in stock
myself
And so have ! : said Henry Nat
terscn ~-For instanc - j! i i
burns, about the game played in
the trenches at Shiloh with table
made on the bodies of the comrades
OF the players.
We'll, said John W. McKay.'
'as to stakes. will enter into a
claim for some of the games played
in the good, old days in Nevada.
when the boys had the Comstock
lode 10 draw upon. But. General,
let us have your story
1T was in the spring of 1865,
when Davis, Lee and the rest OF You
Confederates, Colonel Watterson,
were in full retreat from Richmond
toward Danville, and we were pres
sing you night and day, hardly
stopping to eat or sleep. On the
eve OF the battle Of Sailor Creek
Il was there said Colonel Och
iltree. 1t was in that battle that
| was wounded
That day, continued General
Miles, we overhauled and captured
a Confederate wagon train, and
found, greatly to the delight of our
boys, that several Of the wagons
were loaded with Confederate bonds
and Confederate money in transit
from tho Confederate treasury de.
partment in Richmond. to wherev-
er the government. now on wheels,
might take its last stand. The SOL
diers simply helped themselves to
the bonds aud money. and the Of
ticers did not care to deprive them
OF the spOils, to which they were
richly entitled. At night, when
We knocked off work for supper and
a few hours rest aud sleep. had
occasion 20 ride along the line, and
found, greatly to my amusement, q
poker game going on around al
most every camp fire. Stopping to
watch one of the games, this is what
/ heard
''HOw much is the ante =
"A thousand dollars.
''And how much 10 fill Five
thousand Well. here goes. |
raise il 10000
Good. ] see you and go you
so, coo better. Twenty-Five thous-
and 10 draw cards
Then cards were drawn, and
presently a bet was made Of s5O,-
900. Some one went 500, 900 bet
ter. but that was ruled down. Fiji
ty thousand was the limit. How
ever, there was $500, 900 in the pot
when it was hauled down by the
winner, who had three trays and q
pair Of jacks. ] expressed my sur
prise at the size Of the game and
told the boys they had better go
slow or their funds would run out.
''Never fear, General replied
ono of them. We will keep with
in oar means. You ought to have
been here just now. We had q
jack rot for 81 200, ,00O.'
Il think you will agree with me-
continued General Miles, that no
/ bigger poker game than that was
ever played. '--Chicago Times Her.
ah.
/
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FEAK.

We went up on the bridge after
dinner. The Mediterranean Law
before us without a ripple, silvered
by a great, peaceful moon. The
steamer glided along, leaving a SER
pentine trail of black smoke against
the sky, which was studded with
stars. Behind us, the water, white
from the working of the screw,
foamed and writhed, stirring up so
many phosphorescent lights that it
seemed like molten silver.
There were six or eight of us, all
silent and wondering, our eyes
turned toward the distant shores of
Africa, wLither we were speeding.
The captain, who was smoking
with US, suddenly resumed the con-
versation we had been having be-
fore dinner.
eyes, that day | was afraid. My
ship remained six hours with that
rock in her vitals-lashed by the
sea. Fortunately, we were picked
up toward night by an English
coaler who had sighted u.s."
A tall, sunburnt man with a
grave face now spoke for the first
time. lie was one of those men
who, as one knows instinctively,
has penetrated into unknown lands
through countless dangers, whose
calm eyes seem to carry in their
depths something of the strange
sights they have seen, and TO whom
fear seems an impossibility.
"You say, captain, that you
were afraid. l don't believe it.
You are mistaken in the word
and in the sensation which
you experienced. An active man
is never afraid in face of urgent
danger. He may be disturbed, ag-
itated, anxiOus,-but feGr-that is
another thing"
The captain replied laughingly ::
"The deuce I'll answer for it,
| was afraid ~
Then the man with the sunburnt
face began slowly:
"Permit me to explain myself
Fear land the most courageous man
can be afraid) is something horri-
ble-a frightful sensation like the
rending of soul-a fearful spasm
of brain and heart-the very thought
of which make one shudder with
anguish. But that never comes
either before attack or before GER
tain death, or before any known
form of danger: it comes only un-
der certain abnormal conditions.
certain mysterious influences, in
face of some intangible peril. Real
fear is something like the recollec-
tion Of fantastic terrors of long ago.
A man who believes in ghosts, and
imagines he sees a spectre in the
night, realizes the full horror of
fear. AS for me, have known fear
in broad daylight. 1t was some ten
years ago. | also felt its effects
last winter on a December night.
And yet l have passed through
many dangers, many adventures,
which threatened to prove fatal. l
have fought many battles; / have
been left for dead by robbers: /
have been condemned to be hanged
as a rebel in America, and thrown
overheard on the coast of China
Each time | supposed l was lost.
and resigned myself to nv fate
without emotion, and even with
out regret.
"But that is not fear.
cit first came to me in Africa.
And yet is the native of the North.
Sun dissipates it like a mist. Re-
member this, gentlemen. Among
the Orientals life counts for moth.
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A MATTER OF PRIDE.-'How do
you manage to live:' he asked OF
the old woman who wanted just a
few pennies.
by begging she answered frank
ly.
why don't you apply for admis-
sion to the poor house 2
Sir = she exclaimed. Il an too
proud to be a paufer.'-Chicago
Post.
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Too SUGGEsTIvE.-'Yes,' said
the young physician of aristocratic
lineage, 'our family has q motto,
bat | prefer not to use it. 1t is a
little too suggestive in my profess
sion.'
what is it!'
Faithful unto death. Indian
Gp0lis Journal.
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~- Next year, 1896, will be
leap year. The girls will do well
to make the most Of the opportu-
nifty, for it will be eight long years
before another comes. The year
1900 willnot be leap year. The
year is 365 days and six hours
long, less eleven minutes. The
eleven minutes amount to one day
in one hundred years when leap
year is dispensed with. The year
1900 will not be leap year.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-12-06

Teacher-'How many sexes are
there? Pupil-'Three.' Teacher
What are they? Pupil-'Man,
woman and new woman.
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;ng Thex ~ w;thout
nang The s. clear an,
devoid 81 II ,f.bs Raster,
soul knows / J dark fear
which haunt Mn in colde
lands. Tnth nanic il moss;
BILE. but fear / wn
"Well the i what han
nened to ma Il md of Africa
81 was cros1 6e-~reat dune
| in the sonth ~la t,;s,h
know fba Co. :|r ;ota~r,;c.hI
santis a. the e .o<.s yerv we'll
iim@.siur te sx ~s,< seeors,
lsand in the midst of ! bnrrieane
Imas;ne q s;,en. tsm,,as, If mo,;or
less waves Of vellow dust The,
are bioh as monnta;ns-tbase n,e
oual waves. different. upbeavins
exactly like unebained billows bnl
larger. and streaked like ouartz.
sOn this fnr;ous sea m,ta aond
without motion tho sontbarn s,r
pours it's direct and pitiless ravs.
One must climb these raves ot
ooldan sand dasonrd ara ol;u,L
again incessantlv withont rest and
without shelter The borsas al, |.
mn IN their k,aas oo;,o down ,hoso
annallino hills
e
"There were two of us fo,towod
by eight .snah;s, and fonr cameIs
with their drivers We had ceased
speakiny overcome with ba.t and
fat;o,e and narcbad w;tL th;rs,l;L In
the burning desert snadao1v ono
of the men utta,sa a, ;n.r,;c,,.,o
cry All stonne5 sbort aud s,ood
immoyable. overtaken nv an inex.
plicable nhenomenon knour IN trav.
ellers in these lost countr;es
"From somewhere raarns tbouob
We could SEQ notb;no camatbesornd
of the heating ~ . arum-tho mvs-
ter;ons drum of ,bo dance 7,
sounded d;stinc,lv-sonat;meslo,d
lv-then more faintlvstonn;ro
and the, ros,minr lee fantastic
heating The Arshs looked a, ono
another. and one Of them said in
his native tongua death ia unon
MS inst then NV comnan;on INV
friend almost NV ,,rotbar aron,ed
from b;s horsa u;s h..a Ell, e.
ward He was n,-s,rnoL
..Eor two hon~. Ill I..;oa -
savo him tb;s nh.,.am a., s,,od
NV oars with =. n.oao,onon. Loo,
;ng ;n,erm;,,on. .aa;aao,. ,roho,
s;hIe I,w.s,h.n ,ha,Ifa,, oroon
;ra into mv 49,. e.. h;aoon,
fear-bv the side of,h.t ,ovaa hodv
in this bnrn;ne holo sot On Gro bv
tbs sr, sh,. = !. to,. I'll. 81
sand wh;le ,ho,n aoho snna
hack - ,s. h,,na.ad ,o.n,o. fron,
anv French settlemant-tbo ra,;d
heating of q dr,m
..That dav + ,,n,lerstood wba,
fear meant. bu. | understood still
better another t;ms -,
"Excuse me- bnt this drnm what
was it ?''
The traveller answered
Il do not know. No one knows.
The French officers. who have been
surprised by it. attribute it gener.
ally to the echo-immeasurably mul.
tiplied by the undulations of the
dunes-of showers of sand carried
by the wind striking against tufts
Of dried weeds. For this phenom.
onon has always occurred in the vi.
cinity of small plants withered by
the sun and hard as parchment.
This drum was nothing but n mi.
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"But that 10 not fear.

cit first came to me in Africa.
And yet is the native of the North.
Sun dissipates it like a mist. Re-
member this, gentlemen. Among
the Orientals life counts for MOTH
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-12-06

The beast would drive us mad. At
last, the peasant who had brought
me threw himself upon the brute in
a paroxysm of furious terror, and, A.,
opening the door into a small court,
flung the animal out.