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The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11

down in order to build something
better"
When the name Of the future bride
was mentioned those among US VINO
knew her were staggered a bit. Anna
Pavlona Smirnoya was not q Venus.
But II she had much less beauty than
her photograph-which Is o common
falling of women-she had a good deal
more wit, which Is not by any means
30 common.
Although apparently young enough
to be his daughter, Anna Pavlona was
Kaffsky's senior by five or six years.
and, to make matters still more mixed.
she was q red radical at heart.
Formerly her democratic views had
got her into hot water with the author
tiles, and It was not without consider
able difficulty that she had obtained
her present position as teacher In o
girls gymnasy, which enabled her to
live In modest competency with her
widowed mother.
The police, we knew. had twice or
thrice made elaborate inquiries about
him, had noted his comings In and go
ings out, and had set a watch upon mis-
actions. Platoff, when arrested a
week ago, CHANGED to have Kaffsky's
card in his pocket. and was subjected
to a long secret cr0ss-examination
about his dealings with him.
"As well suspect the stone sphinxes
| at the Nikolai bridge as that piece OF
| stuck-up selfshness called Kaffsky,"
exclaimed Lavroif.
"ThSre must be some reason for
the suspicion" cried Brodsky; there's
| always fire where there's smoke, and as
we know there's no fire here, then there
cannot possibly be any smoke. It's a
matter Of smoked glass spectacles."
This remark struck US all as the
acme OF c~leyerness. It was warmly
applauded. well. who could have
smoked the governments s~pectacles?'
somebody asked.
"Boorman, Boorman; he alone has a
grudge against Kaffsky," cried half a
dozen voices.
Now, zone OF US had a doubt that he
was the Judas Iscariot. His hang
dog expression, his slouching gait, his
furtiye glance and stammering devil
try proclaimed the nature Of the spin,
that lived and worked within him.
The present case strengthened ouI
suspicion. for Boorman ana Kaffsky
had quarreled years before.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11

Summer vacations were at hand
The last of the examinations would
take place in ten days. anN then We
would dispense over the length and
breadth Of the empire. many Of us never
to return again.
Suddenly we were stunned and
stupened by a bolt from tho blue In
the shape of a rumor that Kafsky had
been arrested.
He and Aleyieff had gone TO The
theater the night before. They had
walked home together and made an
appointment for the morrow at the
university; but Mt about 2 a. IN. Kaffsky
had been spirited away, and was nov
In the secret wing of the Lithuanian
fortress.
A written request was presented by
some of the professors. who were be-
side themselves with indignation, that
Kaffsky should be released on bail,
Just to finish his examination and take
his degree, for they knew very well u
was alt a misunderstanding.
But to our utmost astonishment
their request was refused, and Kafsky
was removed from the Lithuanian fort
ress only to be immured In the more
terrible fortress Of Peter and Paul.
The excitement caused by the arrest
was assuming dangerous proportions.
Nobody had cared a rap for kahsky q
week before. and he was already a
most popular hero now.
Perhaps II was hatred for the heart
less informer-who mad already been
arrested, no doubt, to save him from
being lynched-and sympathy for Anna
Pavlona, whose womanly feelings had
got the better OF her philosophy. She
had completely broken down.
She had been taken to her bed, had
refused all food, had forwarded petition
after petition to the minister Of the In
terror, and when II became clear tina,
she might just rs well be sowing sal
on the seashore, her mind gave way
The doctors sent her mother and her
self In post haste to the Crimea.
In October a few of us met In st
Petersburg once more-but only a few
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11
CLiM PSES.

At Castle Hill, Maine, there are three
brothers, whose combined height Is
twenty-one feet.
The very oldest watches bearing in
scribed dates are OF Swiss make and
bear date Of 1884.
There Is a law which prohibits the
cabmen OF Paris from smoking their
pipes while driving.
State Councillor Jermakoff, who died
a short time ago In Moscow, gave away
Sc 5000. 900 In charity.
Kate Field has gone to Hawaii to
write up the island for one Of the
metropolitan journals.
A French taxpayer Is obliged to work
eighty-six days In the year to pay 0R
what Is due the treasury.
II all the thread used In this country
yearly were stretched out end to end
It would stretch 1000, 900 miles.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11

YOU with a most interesting postscript"
And he did.
His statement was based on Official
documents and this is the gist Of 1t.
when the terrorist movement was
at its height the leaders were invisible
and ubiquitous. We suspected that they
were In tho university. hut that was
only a gucr Once or twice Kaffsky
appeared &c be in the movement, but
we bad no troof, and could get none.
II then ocUtirred to General o. OF the
secret department to employ q spy who
had never played the part Of a detective
before"
"I know. You mean the scoundrclly
informer. Boorman." I broke In.
"Boormau! Boorman! Was he? o, OF
course he was. Yes. No. Boorman was
not the detective. Boorman, see. was
nearly az dangerous as Kaffsky; he was
Kaffsky's right-hand man. and he got
the same punishment"
This announcement took my breath
| away, but II only deepencd the mystery.
Two thousand three hundred rubles
was what II all cost, and dirt cheap.
too" he went on.
you mean the detectives reward3" I
asked.
Eyes, that. Of course, was over and
above her regular salary. which was
Atty rubles u month. 1t was the only
clever stroke Of business she ever did,
"she!" I repeated. WAS It n woman,
them"
20, yes; didn't I tell you?-and a
woman with the making OF n saint In
her. too. Ha. ha, ha! She is now a god
fearing sectarian--a pietist Of some
kind"
"Well, I remarked. "she would need
q good long course OF penance. were Il
only to atone for the fate OF poor Anna
Pavlona, whose life she snuffed out.
"Ha. ha, hal" he laughed. till the big
tears rolled down his furrowed cheeks
why, hang 1t. man. Anna Pavlona wa.
herself the detective. But that was the
only clever thing she eve did. Sh,
soon after left the service, found saliva
ton. az they term It. In some obscure
sect, and Is a pious bIgot now"
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11

The police had made a tremendous
haul among the students the day the
university closed session. and many
were now in their distant native vii
lagos expelled from the university;
others in prison, others again on the
road to Siberia.
Kaffsky, we learned, was among the
latter--condemned to the mines as n
dangerous conspirat0r. In spite OF the
intercesslon of the professors: Anna
Pavlona was dead, according to others;
but II zane to pretty much the same
thing In the end.
I had heard Of many evil things done
by diabolical reformers, but this was
the most crying injustice I had ever
actually Witnessed; and when talking
with a friend who was a relative Of one
Of the ministers I told him 30.
He was astounded at what l told him,
and asked me to draw up al account
of K~affsky's case In writing. He would
see, he said, that justice should be done.
l had no difficulty In obtaining pre-
else particulars. discovered even the
nam of the forwarding prison, over
1000 miles away, In which Kaffsky was
then inferred. and having made out a
very strong case, / gave my friend the
paper, and he presented It to his rela-
tive, the minister.
A week passed, then a fortnight, and
still there was no answer.
One day my philanthropic friend
shook his head. said my data were all
wrong, said that Kaffsky was the most
dangerous conspirator that had ever
been tripped up In the very nick Of
time. and that he would advise me to
keep aloof from political reformers In
future, as 1t was evident they could
make black appear white without an
effort.
Six years later / heard that Kansky
was no more. He died of disease. or was
shot In q tumult, or disposed Of In some
such way. The particulars were not
very precise, but he was really dead,
that was certain.
Nothing else but death Is certain In
Russia" / remarked to an ex-minister
to whom l had been telling the whole
story after dinner.
80 you are going to write about It
you say" he asked me, Ito ease your
feeliSgs?"
II am" l replied.
"VerS well. then, II you will come
here In two or three days I viii supply
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wise held him In
awe, and hedged him around with rev.
erential ostracism.
That same Kaffsky used to squander
his days and nights over mathematics
and chemistry and half a dozen kindred
sciences. as II life were to last for eter-
nifty. We did not believe In a man
having SO many irons In the fire. and
we limited our own efforts to the ac-
complishment Of one single task--thc
regeneration of m~ankind-as n prelim-
mary step to the remodeling Of Russian
society.
We had weighed Kaffsky In the polit-
ical balance-the only one in vogue at
Russian universities ten years ago
and had found him sadly wanting.
He was a member Of none OF thu
three churches-outside of which there
Is no salvation--that OF the sworn
conspirators. who edited n forbidden
journal. Land and Liberty, Matched
plots against the state and some
times helped to carry them out
that Of unsworn conspirators. from
whom the former were usually re
cruited; and the bulk Of students whit
sympathized with everything ant
everybody who embarrassed the gov
eminent.
And to crown all, we had just hear'
of his impending marriage. "A MIC
time TO be thinking Of marrying ant
feathering his nest!' we remarked Il
each other, lust when the pillars o
the social edifice are giving way. ant
we are doing our best to pull then
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11

OF all the expedients devised by debt
ors, whether by Micawber or Murger.
few have been more simple and effectu-
al than that OF a Mrs. Martin In San
Francisco recently. She had ordered q
ton of coal delivered Mt her residence.
The coal dealers had not yet received
their pay for previous tons. so they In
structed their driver to take the coal to
her house. go to the door, present the
previous bill. and refuse to deliver the
coal until the bill was paid. He did 80.
The lady looked a little surprised, but
an ominous glitter came Into her eye
when she heard her ultimatum. But
she repressed her feelings, and suavely
invited the coal man to step into the
parlor while she went to get the
money" The coal HEAVIER was rather
grimy, and did not seem exactly to At
the furniture. but he accepted her in
vitation. stepped into the parlor, and
Mrs. Martin disappeared. Many
minutes passed. The coal-heaver be-
came impatient. but the lady did moi
return. Finally he heard the crash Of
coal. He looked out Of the window. Tt
his horror, he saw his coal being un'
loaded by another man. He tried the
door, but II was locked. and the grimy
%coal-heaver grimly sat down and
waited. After the coal was unloaded
the lady appeared and let him out
There was a triumphant twinkle In
Mrs. Martins eyes as she told him t.
"call again with the bill."-San Fran
| cisco Argonaut.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11
... Baby-Land.
Flow many miles to Babyiandf"
cap tall.

Ofs o. ~
Up n flight.
TO your right:
Please to ring the bell"
What can o see In Babyland?'
Little folks In white
Downy heads.
Cradle beds.
Faces pure and bright"
What do they do In BabyIandf"
dream and wake and play,
Laugh and crow,
Shout and grow:
jolly times have they!'
what do they say in Babylandr.
why, the oldest things;
Might as well
Try to tell
What a birdie sings"
who Is the queen of Babyiana?"
Mother. kind and sweet;
And her love.
Born above,
Guides the little feet"
George Cooper.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11

Hc, yNui NY sN"',
are giving both county and state fairs
more and more careful attention and
consideration in respect to implements,
farm products and stock, with n view to
improve their knowledge of what so in
timately interests them. 1t Is wise SO
to do.
There Is no place where comparisons
can SO easily and accurately be made
between the better and the best Of the
productions, whether of the work.
shops, the fields or the stables; for II
the farmer is not an adept in what Is
Of the farm, who should be? And yet,
what proportion of the working farmer
really is IN adept? Very few, compared
TO the whole, really are. The many In
vegetables and fruits look more to size
than to quality; in machinery and i'm
plements many look to %cheapness
rather than excellence: in cattle and
hogs to overgrown specimens rather
than to what proportion of valuable
meat they carry: In horses. to the fat
they tremble under rather than to bone.
muscle and stamina; and in fowls, few
farmers who have never seen the bet
ter breed, dressed. have little idea OF
the vast difference between the most
excellent and the general ruck of fowls
that have the run Of the average farm.
There Is no reason why any farmer
should not be able to pick out every
valuable breed Of poultry by their dis
tinctive coloring Of feathers, shanks
and head: OF well-bred horses by their
distinguished action and other charac-
teristics of the several breeds; OF cat
tie and hogs by their color and consti-
tutional conformity-of each, In fine,
by their several points Of excellence
as laid down in the standards.
The farmer should know why farm
stock are good, ordinary or inferior
He should know something more than
that certain samples Of grain are sim
ply wheat, rye, barely, oats. corn, flax
seed, sorghum, etc. He should know
conclusively by examination what va
rieties they really are: and most Ger
tainly should be able to determine
definitely whether they are ft for seed
and OF varieties adapted to his soil
He should be able accurately to nam,
the principal vegetables and fruits OF
exhibition. II not, there Is no tim'
better than at county and [
fairs this autumn to educate himself
The exhibitors certainly do know, ant
are generally willing to impart tn
knowledge they have carefully gained
There Is one lesson that must b
learned at home-that is: to produce a
good, or nearly so. at least, by givinI
the proper soil, conditions and cultiva
tion.
1t is especially necessary that tn
growing up and the grown childreI
should earnestly listen. examine an
compare various samples. Get ther
we'll fixed in the mind. Then whe
you 60 home you will have somethin
valuable for reflection. and the news
papers and books you will natural
read on the several subjects will easil
become most valuable aids toward per
fecting the understanding to the highe
points Of excellence. The time ha
come when ultimate profit must b
reached by careful study Of a practices
means to the end sought. The time ha
passed when money can be made b
slack farming. There has always bee
room at the top. There Is yet plent
of room there. and 1t is practical edr
cation that leads thereto.
Jonathan Periam.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11
Pitiful Outlook.

Mamma"
"Wcll?"
you licked me last week for whaling
Jimmie Watts and papa licked me yes
terday cause Johnny Phelps walloped
me-"
"Well?"
I'm wondering what'll happen some
time when it's a draw"
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11

Wildcats are quite numerous In Con-
necticut this year. Several cases have
been reported whore travellers have en-
eoun,ered them on the highways.
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11
BETRAYED BY LOVE.

AFFSKY was a
born genius, des-
tined In time TO
soar to the dizzy
heights of a pro-
~fessional II | r.
So. at least, said
his professors at
the University OF
St. Petersburg.
We students like
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11
Farms In Michigan.

The secretary OF state OF Michigan
has Just issued q report on the owner
ship of farms in that state. 1t shows
continuation OF the same unheaitny
conditions brought to light by the gen
eral government census--a relative de-
crease OF owners, and an increase OF
renters. The process Is slow. n
therefore insldious, but II Is no less
alarming. The summary Of the report
follows.
Tables show the number OF farms
classified according to tenure. aud q
daily statistics OF the state "a rc'hrned
In the state census Of June ]. 1894. NO
Yarn OF less than three acres was re-
turned unless 5000 worth OF produce
was sold of from 1t during the year.
The total number of farms 10 the
rtate is 177.952. Of which 1908 are
cultivated by owners, 9,127 are rented
for fixed money rental, and 1872 are
rented for shares Of products.
In 1884 the total number OF farms
returned In the census was 157,3S9, OF
which 1875, 523 were cultivated Ivy own
ers. 5.657 were rented for fixed none
rental. and 10, 200 were rented for shares
Of products.
Comparing the returns In 1894 with
those for 1884. there IL an increase oil
20.563. or 1907 per cent. In the total
number of farms; Of 1850, or 1853 per
cent in the number cultivated by own
ers; of $40. or 61.34 per cent. In the
number rented for fixed money rental.
and Of $3.50, or 1888 per cent. In the
number rented for shares Of products.
or the total number Of farms In the
state. SS.01 per cent in 1884, and S3,1S
per cent in 1894 were cultivated by
owners; $50 per cent In 1884, and BIB
per cent In 1894 were rented for money;
and $50 per cent In 1884. and 11.09 per
cent III 1894 were rented for shares OF
products.
The number OF farms In the state
June 1, 1890. as shown by h uationa'
census, was liz, 344. Of which 14S,2OS. or
$500 per cent were cultivated by own
crs; S,212, or 4.76 per cent were rented
for money, and 1924. or 9.24 per cent
were rented on shares.
The proportion Of farms cultivated
by owners was 2.01 per cent less In . .
than in 1884. and 2.22 per cent less In
1894 than In 1890.
Beginning with 1880. In each one
thousand farms In the state the number
cultivated by owners ut each census
was as follows:
The Red Cloud chief., 1895-10-11
THE COUNTY FAIR.
THIS is THE SEASON OF We
COUNTRY SHOW.
Sona'hsn Peria,n Tells the Farmer and
the Wife aud the Farmers
Itoys and GIRL, what they shou,d
Know.

It'll the first Of
September the fair
season Is fairly
opened. Citizens
generally within
reasonable dis
tances make it a
point to attend for
general sight see
ganda pleasur-
able outing. Farm
1880 -. AAs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
THE STRIKE WILL GO ON.
MINERS DECIDE TO STAY OUT
Until They Get 90 Cents or are Hope
lessly Beaten.

The Pennsylvania coal miners strike has
developed into q finish fght--a condition the
conservative ones among both the operators
and miners bad hoped would be avoided.
The miners convention Monday decided to
continue the strike for % cents ton, and
mapped out an aggressive campaign. The
men at work for 60 cents have paid the as
sessment of cents ton imposed by the con-
vention of March 9. and agreed to make
regular payments. The decision to continue
the strike was not arrived at until oil the
river mines reported being ready to pay up
this assessment.
The adjournment OF Saturday afternoon
was made to give the delegates and their
constituents a chance to talk the situation
over, and revise instructions. The weak
spot all along was the river mines, where 60
cents Is being paid, but where the miners re-
fused to pay the relief assessment. The con-
tinuation OF the strike depended upon those
men, and when the river delegates returned
with instructions for SO cents and money for
the relief Of Idle men, the decision was
made.
The action OF the operators in refusing to
meet In conference also had an influence In
deciding the men. The operators say 1t Is
impossible to pay more than GO cents. num-
ber say they held of starting until the ad-
journment Of the convention, TO avoid stir
ring up trouble but now the start will be
made at once. The miners say they expect
fight, but are better prepared for 1t than at
any time and will stay out TO the last ex-
tremity. Delegates to the. convention said
that II the operators tried to work with new
men they would try to stop them. The min
ers declined to say how much money was
turned In by the delinqucnts, but asserted It
was sufficient to conduct the strike. 1t is
said to have approximated 5000, which will
be the weekly total.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
RUSSIA Is READY.
Her Fleets and Armies are Prepared for
Emergencies in the East.

nersenoies IN the EAST
The Sviet, st. Petersburg. declares that
p,ss,. boa Communicated ,n tan.na,a u..,,..
=" s,' .a' ,' '..u ~ o"p""e9o "a'ers
~ warsnips, carrying 3oo guns and large
body OF men. This aeet II Is added, with
the French souedrop. snakes n total n, NJ
warsbips carving 0IO guns MoreoveS oc.
cordinr TO the syiet \ fiussian army oi oc :.
600 men could occunv lesso and taLe ianan
In flnnk should trouble arise'
A Yokohama telegram snvs. II ia oo,c,a,.
" denied that the Chinese customs bv The
,erme os Tho ,,.atv ~ naeca ,r,,s Ia,ayy .o sno
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-05-01
THE COUNTRY STORE.

II Is Sim ply the Modern City "Empor-
ium" on Small Scale.
How the old country store used to be
laughed at! The idea that people should
buy everything at one place from a
halrpin to q pound of sugar was cause
to "city folks" of inextinguishable mer-
riment. Yet what country folks were
"joked" for doing city folks are to-day
doing. and no one thinks 1t strange at
all. The modern dry goods store of a
big city-they like to call 1t by high
sounding title, and so name 1t an "em-
porium"-contains as miscellaneous an
assortment of all sorts and conditions
of things to sell as ever did the most
Icountryfied of country stores, and vim
dicates the country store by the i'm
print of the most advanced nineteenth
century enterprise.
The extent to which the country store
idea is carried out in the cities is i'm
pressed upon us every once In q while
in general way, but few Of us appre-
ciate that extent when 1t comes down
to particulars. The book trade has un-
doubtedly suffered the most from the
bargain counter. A city Of the stand
ing and culture of Springfield, Mass,
has no longer any book store. The last
one has succumbed to the rivalry of the
dry goods store. Not long ago there
were complaints that the dry goods
stores in Brooklyn were selling liquors,
and there was talk of boycotting them
by the temperance people. What the
result was we do not recall. But the
matter is a striking illustration of the
revived country store. There was a
well-known family of Litchfield whose
wealth can be traced back to a country
store, one that made its money largely
by selling rum in addition to dry goods
and groceries and miscellaneous arti-
cles. And this country store actually
grew to such dimensions that it used
itself to import many of the goods it
sold, and did considerable wholesale
business in all this section. OF course,
the old country store always kept sup
ply Of ordinary domestic crockery, and
this is the latest branch Of trade In New
York to complain of the competition Of
modern dry goods stores. All of this
goes to show that we live In a circle.
We move to city and laugh at the old
country ideas we left behind us. Then,
when our city notions have become
pretty well settled, we 60 back to those
discarded ideas and work them over
in new shape. We despise the coun-
try store, but the closeness of competi.
| ton and the charnce to make money by
offering bargains" induces the city
dry goods shop to become a country
store again, and sell as remarkable
variety of articles as ever were shel.
tered at some crossroads store. The
country moves to the city and the city
turns country. There is nothing new
under the sun.-Waterbury American.