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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25

she won't think hard o mo. Tell hev
I'm comin' tcr see der in a week or
W an to be sjip IN look out fer
me-"
Now, Aunty. you know I can't spare
YOU IN q week or two
"Co'sc | does. an ! amt a-gwine.
8ut she kin be lOokin' Out. | wish"
added the kind soul, rrgrcttully, that
| could send her some fruit. But how
can I? | don't know a'l body gwins
there"
"Why, Aurty. there's always lets %
fruit In the city market ami YOU can
send her a dime OF two bits any timo
in a letter and she can buy some"
Law sakcS. SO I kin. Hu-omcs IL
YOU al'ays thinks Of everything That
head o yours liz plum full all tho
time" said Aunty, admlringly
Is that ali. AUnty?"
"Oh. tell her ter be sure ter AK he'
father ter pray fer me-"
"Aunty. ! wouldn't. He seems to bo
a bad fellow"
But you see. honey. | don't wan
llllil VI w ilb' w ''''
| then he won't let her come an see me.
| don't reckon he aims ter let her come.
nohow. He took her away ter keep
lcr. but he needn't have gone at 1t
that rcvercnt way"
What name shall | write on the out
sidc?"
"Rev. Jim Brown
But. Aunty, it's for your grand.
daughter"
"lic gets the letters an hell know
who it's fer. And now there's another
one an It's to the Rev. Jim Brown. An
then II YOU amt anything p%articklcr
| to do, I'd like ter have you write ter
my daughter out on Tickfaw, please.
ma'am.'
Two hours later the amanuensis lald
down her pen with a long sigh OF re-
lief.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
CURE FOR
There IL "a Pot OF Money for tho Dis
coycry Ot a cure 1ha' cures.

N'''sy
=. an incentive were needed in the
search for IA curc for consumption. II
would be found in the Request of a re-
Gently deceased French woman, Nine.
Audifired, who has left the sum OF
$500 900 in trust. the interest to be PAID
annually for the rest of his life, to the
physician of any nationality who dis
covers such a cure. II any person stlli
exists who does not believe that this
dreadful disease Is contagious he must
be convinced upon reading the facts in
relation to 1t brought out In the study
OF It's prevalence In converts. a sta
tistical inquiry among the Catholic
nursing orders of Germany shows that
the deaths from tuberculosis form
nearly two-thirds Of the total deaths,
and in half the returns this proper
ton reached three-fourths. 4 case was
cited where n nun died from the dis
ease, and, although the cell was, as
supposed, thoroughly purified, two
other nuns. both healthy women, who
tenanted the cell. n after the other,
speedily succumbed TO the fatal NAL
ady. A minute investigation after the
death of the third showed that the cord
near the bed. which was attached to
the dropping bolt Of the door, had not
been removed AT any cleansing. This
sorted to, and a fourth nun took the
cell, and after five years has shown no
signs of consumption.
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leans ter stay with her father. You
goo, they didn't get crlong
who. AuntyH Your granddaughter
end her mother"
Bless yer heart, no. I means her
father an mother. an they scparat-
cd an hes got another wife an shes
rot another husban'."
oh. we'll. | have written My dear
granddaughter Now. what next
81 was mighty glad ter hear from
YOU ail an that Won was well an dom
we'll
She give one when she ortcr give
twelve an she give twelve when she
ortcr give one" said Auniy, interrupt
lng her droning r%ecitative.
The scribe looked up in bewiller.
mcnt. Aunty's eyes were fixed lis
trcsefully OH the clock.
Didn't YOU hear her strike?"
NO. Never mind the clock now
Aunty.'
"lie said she were all right MUIR
INJURED Aunty. sadly,
we will consult him again II she
Is not. but now we must write the let
ter II you want IL to go In the next
mail"
Il does want 1t ter go powerful bad"
well. thcu, what next
- am well and doing well at pres
Cut. but | have had mighty pore health
this winter. he n good girl an don't
!crg,t your pore ole grnn'mothcr.' Ii
her father don't let her coine up here
fore long I'm gwinc down there"
The scribe caught her breath and
drew her pen through "A line and a
half.
What YOU do that fer" complained
Aunty.
Never mind. Go on"
You worries me so. scratchin' out
the writin'. ! done forgot. oh. Wont
YOU please let my granddaughter come
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
THE WIFE Ell.

Bicycles all look alike-until at,
you have bought a cheap one, says the
SOmerville Journal.
In New Zealand wheels have alwaye
been transported free OF charge when
accompanied by owners.
A noted chiropodist says h..ycie rid
ing produces the high instep SO much
desired by beauty seekers.
The most recent complaint Is that
bicycling Is practically lessening the
number of marriages every year.
"Ducas Brown, Poultry. Fish and BIZ
cycles" is a sign which attracts the
attention of the passersby in a small
Maine town.
Within five years the city OF New
York has bad added TO the number OF
vehicles that use the streets at least
20G,0 0 bicycles.
Bicycle accidents in the crowded
streets ot London for the first three
months or 1895 were bur iSi altogether.
10 being Serious and none fatal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
Tho Or,c,na, Of MIR. Casnubon.

~
MANY years ago Frederick w. My
ers. In an article on George Eliot. told
us how once, when he called upon that
great woman and George I.cwes. no
found the couple vastly amused over
the fancied discovery by Il friend that
the portrait of the p%edantic. caprieious
and Jealous Mr.. Casaubon had been
drawn from lewcs. 49,.
"But whom did you draw 1t from
asked Mr.. Myers.
Mrs. Lcwes pointed solcmnly to her
own breast and said: From myself.
This old story Is brought to mind
hy n paragraph In Mrs. Annie Fields
Days with Mrs. stowe In the cur
rent Atlantic Monthly. from which IL
appears that Mrs. stowe was the friend
who identified Lewes with Casaubon.
In the summe Of 1869 Mrs. Field
called upon George Eliot at her home In
St. Johns Wood, In London. The
novelist expressed the great love and
admiration which she felt for her
American contemporary. Many let
ters had passed between Mrs. Stowe
and herself and she coniided to us her
amusement at n fancy Mrs. Stowe had
taken that Casaubon In Mlddlemarch'
Lewes. Mrs. Stowe took 1t 81 entirely
ewes. Mrs. Stowe took Is so entirely
for granted In her letters that 1t was
impossible to %dispossess her mind or
the illusion. Evidently IL was the
source OF much harmless amusement
AT st. Johns Wood"
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visiting Mary iost, and those other
sick folks. Buy some good clothes,
lie in bed OF q morning. let Maud see
TO the house. Play cards. Say mean
things about your neighbors. BE as
selfish as you can. Don't put yourself
cut for anybody"
rs that quito right, doctor?" Lucre-
tia objected.
1T is a prescription" he returned
lust as | tell II person to take hot
baths. | tell you to be selfish and lazy
though you haven't much natural abil-
ity."
Poor little Lucretia," the doctor
thought, when she was gone. He had
known her since a child. and he recog-
nized in her recital Of symptoms the
beginning of a hopeless disease. Mark
Farley was a brute and Maud Is a ty-
rant and the whole town imposes on
her. I'll try to give her a little good
time, though it's n late start
Lucretia endeavored to obey the doc
tors orders as to taking life easy just
as conscientiously as she took her tonic
UtlOTt Illt dlo, Dul II Ndo huih W i'''iSS
the habits OF a lifetime. The first morn
ing when she heard the rising bell she
thought of the doctors command and
p concluded she would have her toast
and coffee brought TO her. She was half
terrified at her audacity. Maud came
In. her face redder than usual from a
recent %scrubbing.
Aren't you ever going TO get up
Lucretia?" she asked. sharply, and
moor Lucretia huddled on her clothes
and went down to breakfast like a
naughty child.
But during the day she made some
progress. Mrs. Lynn sent word that
Jimmy is having fits and would Mrs
Farley come oyer?'
Il am very sorry" she said to the
messenger, but I'm not well, so
can't GO" Her conscience hurt heI
sorely afterward, for she had seer
Jimmy through all his previous iits
end it seemed cowardly to desert him
now. In the afternoon, however, she
went to miles Dry-Goods Palace anC
bought herself two silk gowns and q
pair of high-heeled slippers. In he'
heart she had always loved French
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up an see me, II it's only fer a day.
That's fer her father" said Aunty.
The writer pausei.
III I'd listen at her Aunt Lulu l
shouldn't never have let her go with
him. Tell her I'm a-comin' down ter
see her. He beats her with his crutch
and don't give her nothin'. Don't
think hard o. me cause | didn't send
you anything Christmas, ! was away
from home two months wa.er-bound."
The mistress laid down her pei.
"Oh, Aunty, what a story"
IT'S jest ter satisfy her, honey, SO
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS USED.
cannon Employed by the Moua IN mcdap
In the tIrtscnth Century.

From st. Nicholas. People outside
&C military life who nave no cCnncc-
ton with the making OF gunpOwdor
know IL only as a coursc, black powder
like sand. which will flash of with a
loud report IL shut up in Il case of any
Kind and set on fire.
1t is a Nrry queer mixture. made IN
of three simple and wcll-known sub
stances. no one Of which will explode,
although two will burn. No one knows
when or how il was discovered. for as
far back into the dark ages as records
or tradition will carry us we find that
gunpUSdcr. though not used for guns.
was known. II was. no doubt, looked
upon with awe and fear by tho an
clients on account of its flame, its nots"
and its rending force, but thcir ltns'|
mechanical skill could suggest very
little use for H..
Possibly II was uscd in warfare long
before the beginning of history. but the
il:sS man in historical timce to form
dn idca OF the terrible destruction
which this awful. bursting, fiery sub
stance miGht produce was an English
monk named Roger Bacon. Monks in
his day were the Chcmiste. scholars
ana writer's of the world. and this
Roger Bacon travelled and studied
much and made continual experiments
n his laboratory To prove for himself
and to develop what he learned from
others. He probably cav gunpowder
among the Moors in Spain and tried Tor
himself its explosive effect. Then he
wrote Of it's composition in the year
1867, and in his writing suggested that
il could be used in engines OF war
TO deal death and destruc ion to armies
Of men.
Soon after Roger Bacon's time his
suggestions were taken up and guns
were constructed first by binding iron
bars together with hoops to form a
tube, then by casting a tube out OF
brass. with one end closed. Stones Oh
suitable size were selected as shot and
the powder had to be carried around In
chests or barrels and Ghoveled into
the muzzles of the guns. In spite OF
these drawbacks very large guns were
built. for there was one used by Mo-
BANNED II. against the Greeks at the
siege OF Constantinople in lij3 which
threw Il stone weighing 600 pounds o
distance of one mile.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25

From an eyrie altitude Of LEO feet
Chicago proposes to look down on the
rest Of the world. A tower which sur
passes In height the Eiffel structure OF
Paris Is projected by the citizens OF the
Windy City, and already land on which
10 build has been secured and actual
work begun. This cloud disturbing
structure Is the outcome Of a patriotic
desire by C%hicagoans to fly the Ameri-
can flag higher than any other banner
in the world. The structure Is to be
known as the City Tower, and as an at
traction It will outrival anything ever
before undertaken. except the Worlds
Fair. The base of the tower Ia to be
1926 feet square, and 1t will occupy an
entire city block. At the base, from
the four corner supports, each OF which
Is so feet square, will rise arches 200
feet across and the same in height.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25

self in lordly fashion among it, peers,
rut now for many years, on account of
some obscure derargcmont. it had been
retired TO humble so,ic,y.
The clock doctor. lie say she all
right, now. an jest az magniicus rs she
ever were; only you'll jest have ter
wind her up, please, ma'am," said
Aunty.
The mistress chccrruliy arose and
,ssaycd the novel task.
The key turned in its place with in
finite difficulty, as il it dragged after
Il the whole weight of the unwilling
years and there was n strange grOan-
Ing and creaking within and II convul-
sive shuddcr of the whole machinery
and framework. But it began to tick
and the hands began to move.
Aunty surveyed 1t with awe and de-
light.
'Sho goes tribulatin' along as pcart
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
Tommy Was posted.

And now, scholars. what Is 1t We
come to Sunday school TO learn about.
Annie may answer"
Please, ma'am, it's the way to sal
vation."
Annie is right. Now, does saliva
ton cost anything? What, doesn't
anybody know? Why. what is 1t tina,
makes MS very happy because 1t was
always planned to be free? All, does
little Tommie know"
please, ma'am. it's SILVER"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
Foreign Hotel Names.

There is room for a little healthy
Americanism in the naming OF New
York hotels. The Victoria and the
Brunswick have been closed. We have
the Empire and an Imperial, but no
Republic. We have the Windsor and
81. James. but nc White House, Month
cello, Montpelier or Washington. mere
are Mt. Vernons in many cities, but
they are generally Of an inferior class.
We have a Marie Antoihstte, but AZ
Martha Washington. We have a Hol-
land house and Savoy, Vendome and
Normandie, and st. Cloud and Greno-
he. In other American cities there
are u few American, United States ana
Congress houses. but most OF them
we're named q great many years ago,
and Washington houses are generally
Of the third class. Are travellers so
In-American that hotels must have
foreign names to attract them?
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25

These arches will support the first land
ing. which will have 30. 900 square feet
OF flooring. where $4,000 persons can
be accommodated at n time. There
Is a distance Of 225 feet from the
ground to this first landing. After
passing the first landing there is no
other landing until one is another 225
feet up in the air. There, at a height
OF $50 feet, there is to be a platform
$50 feet square. This second platform
Is about as high as the top of the Great
Pyramid OF Egypt, or the Washington
monument. Six hundred and seventy
five feet above the ground Is the third
landing. far higher than any building
in Chicago. At an elevation of 1000
feet above the earth Is the fourth land
ing. and from these stairs lead up to
the very top OF the tower.-From the
Chicago Dispatch.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
as ever she did. How nachal 1t does

as yer she did. How nachal 1t does
sound!"
Where did you get such a fine old
relic, Aunty?" asked the mistress, not
ing its points.
my ole mistr's give her to me arter
the surrender. They was all broke up
and the ole plantation was sold and
they went to N Orleans ter live, An
now, honey, Use ready fer de letter II
you is."
"Yes, Aunty. Who Is the letter for?'
MY granddaughter. Her mother give
her ter nat an | let her go to N Or
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25

THE mex living picture, ladies and
gentlemen" clanted the barker as he
drew the curtain, revealing a lady
wrapped in though and looking tie
other way, IL ca!.c@ 'Ee'aliation.' so
called, ladies and gentlemen, on ac-
count of the lady's striking back
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25

ldllliullg, allnOugn
f.her children lurked beneath her win
GOV daring her to come mi and play
bungalow. Her brothers and sisters
dsked her to do their tasks ana secretly
regarded her as soft" for her pains.
During their short married life she
fetched and carried for her husband as
would a spaniel and took his rough
words with the same doglike submits
slvencss. When Mark Farley died
frank people said none too soon-her
youngest sister, Maud. came to live
with her. Maud was big and raw
huned. with ashy blonde hair ana 4
i'mper which would have tried the
ru'ek ST. Francis. At first Lucretia'e
friends hoped that she would be cmpn-
'lpated by her sisters marriage. bat
~ Maud slipped from ~ TO - unwcd
the hope died.
Meanwhile Lucretia continued to do
her duty. She visited hypochondriacs
ahd cross old people. who poured into
her patient ears all their symptoms
and complaints. She really felt guilty
When she made a call at a pleasant
hone where the fanny asked after her
health and how her flowers were
blooming.
When her ncighbors were i'll LuCre-
TIA sat up with them every third night,
ana II they died she put the house in
order for the funeral and lent her Grape
bonnet to the chief mourncr. In fact.
X grew so shabby she had to have it
made over before she let Mrs. Ransom
TAX 1t to Kansas for her son-in-law's
U%hsequies.
She was president of the Dorcas So
Getty and many a time she wore shabby
shoes N cotton gloves that she might
give a child a cloak. She made a spec
ial effort to go to experimenting dur
,ng very wet or very hot times, when
less conscientious people thought up an
excuse for staying home.
There came a spring when she felt
strangely weak and ~listless. Her feet
Jagged as If she were dragging a ball
and chain and her hands were so thin
that her rings dropped from her fin
Pcrs. She stopped at Dr.. Surgeons
Office one day OF her way home from a
church meeting.
He pushed his glasses up on his fore
head and looked at her attentively: he
10, her pulse and asked her many
questions which seemed to have no
h,aring on her case.
Nothing much the matter, Is there"
she asked.
oh, no." he said briskly, writing a
few hieroglyphics on his paper pad.
I'm give you a tonic and ! want you to
promise to do what / tell you"
"All right" said Lucretia. for she
was used to obeying his orders.
Have a good time" he began. stop
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
Portuguese Widely spoken.

At the beginning Of this century the
Portuguese language was In use ny L.
$50, 1000: in 1890 1t was spoken by 49,
100 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
''AU NTY" WRITES ONE.
THE REAL LABOR FALLS UPON
HER MISTRESS.
Awsnucnsis Tries to tie Iruthful Tut
the clock and I'll. Messages to thc
Granddaughter Are Confusing i:ods
With u Sigh.


floor with her
heavy. plantation
tread and set the
clio dow on the
nlJnicl. says u
writer in the Chi
cdgu Daily News.
II had. in its day.
kept company with
old creole mahug
any and carried II
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
Notwithstanding AmerIcanl

Within the limits OF the United
States in 1901 there were $3.50, 900 En-
glish-speaking people; nov there are
30, 900 900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25

Good Excuse for Escaping Service.
A London coroner the oth.: day eX-
cused a juryman who said he vas a
railway servant and had been on duty
all night.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-25
LIC2EIr!A FARLEY.

tCRETlA FAR
LEY was always
"nSplflsh. She was
a baby whose good
nature was q mar
vel to the wise wo-
men. In time she
grew TO be a little
girl who never tore
her pinafores and
" u u 'practiCcd'
faithfully although
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-18
Mr.. MILLS ON CUBA.
Will Today Advocate Forciblc Inter
ycntion by United States.
SOME STORIES or SPANISH CRUELTY.
NJ. Morgan Had Them Read Out in
the Senate.
RESOLUTIONS WILL BE PUSHED
And Vote on Them May lie Expected In
short Time uouso Action
on 1arin

Washington, March 7.-Senatcr Mills OF
Texas has secured the Hoor tomorrow
morning for a speech upon the Cuban Ques-
ticn, ana 1t is Interesting to know that he
intends &c SO further in behalf OF the Gu
ban cause than any senator has yet done
in tho discussion The senator has always
| been ardeauy in favor Of action on Il e
parl of this government In behalf OF the
Crbans and the discus sion of I've matter
In the senate has further convinced him
that the time for actor on tha part of
THIS country has come. lie win advocate
imme date and forcihle intervention TO nut
an end 20 the war and viii show how
deeply concerned are the interests Of this
government in the matter not only from
sentimental but from a nelghborly and
commercial standpoint. This viii be the
first elaborate speech from the Texas sen
ator at this session &c congress and it will
undoubtedly be given n great deal OF at.
tention.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-18
TODAT'S FEATURES.
frobab'iities-R In western. cicariu~
III eastern portion Of East Texas; caidc,i
winds bee ming noriheriy.
FOREIGN.

France has warned the British ambas-
sador that serious consequences were in
Sto,,.sd in the advance on Ssudan and is
~ ncs ritatcd at the proposed move.
+ ~ y Italian premier was received
Win fers by the deputies; said that
hostiliues must continue and asked for
an appropriation for additional troops for
AhySsnla. which was voted.
London dispatches to ths World indl-
cate tina, the Soudauese campaign may
prove casus bel!i for European war.
English papers pleased tina, the govern
msnt has declared against bimetslliSm.
Zeaya has scored decisive Victories
against the Leonist rebels. the dead and
wounded in one battle reaching a thous-
and.
English government 0ories) will support
the move for bimetallic conference. but
VIII refuse positively to abandon the sin.
glc gold standard.
In Russia l3o persons were frozen TO
death in one night.
Dr. lamesou's hearing was resumed in
Few street court. London society ladies'
being present. Evidence WAS that the
BoerS Tired first.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-18
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE ADJOURNED.
Senate Condemned the Governor and Refused to
Pass Appropriation Bills.


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n
and q Is II II
II % N
and
parade tonight aud will leave
In the
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IN
the calling
the mllt o II
CONN tteo u G repo
THEREFORE, DECLARE RECON-
A
GOVERNOR PRES
OTHER LAWFUL PURPOSE;
GOVERNOR THE
SOLELY
PARTISAN
A
COMMONWEALTH"
BY a vote o o cpo
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-18
THE WACO RANK CASES.
EX-Cashier Massey Having Prelimnal
EXamination-The Tucker Draft


Ex-Cashier Massey Having a Preliminary
EXamination-The Tucker Draft.
Waco. Texas, March 17.-At 10 O'Clock
this morning, j. p. Massey, ex-cashier OF
the Farmers and Merchants Nauona
bank. w. r. Tucker and J b. Tucker
appeared before United States Commits
sioner j. IL. Finks for preliminary ex'
animation on the charge of conspiracy
by which they misapprupria ted Ssp@ OF
the funds Of the bank named The courl
house was crowded with spectators. Uni
ted States District Attorney w. o. Ham
ilton not having arrived, the case was
postponed until 2 o'clock. when 1t was
again called
John j. Cannon, United States bank
examiner, testified as TO the result OF MS
examination of the books Of the bank con
cerning the transactions had Of the tuck
ors. and particularly the 5000 drait az
legged 10 constitute the misapproprlalpn
complaincd of. This draft was drawn py
w. II. Tucker ia Waco on j. b. Iuehei
In Chicago. The amount was placed 10
" r. fuckers account and drawn OUT
Tho draft not being paid when PRESENT.
nj Chicago. The witness stated that tl'
Total amount involved in these rahs"e
tons. and which appear on the DOCKS %
tb,s bank as unpaid, IS $40. l25. -.
Professor r. o. kounsaVall, pfeslltn' ~
the hank. testified TO his knowledge %
Inc transactions and was on the wines
stand at adjournment.