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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-02-07

life exists in the man, who for hours
has remained i'm the one position,
alone with his bitter grief, his terrible
disappointment.
The figure is that of Adrian Dyke.
He has not recovered from the horrible
blow as vet. lie has gone into the
dining-room after Gardner has left
him, seen to the departure of his I'M
welcome guests. sharp'eycd. bitter
tongued busy-bodics; has shaken hands
with Belknap at the door, and has then
gone to his library tn wrestle with h S
sorrow, his disappointment. Nightha
come. Darkness steals upon him.
Still he does not ~" He is uncon-
s,iouS of the lapse of time, needless,
caring nothing of the hour, thinking
only of his sin, of its horrible conse-
qucnccs. by his action he has ruined
his every prospect: brought disgrace
and shame upon himself and family.
enriched his brother and one of those
children who, but a few days before,
he had designated rs a brat" A brat,
All, the brat will ride in her carriage,
be surrounded with every luxury.
while he lie rises to his feet, his
face working with violent passion. II
must not be! This vast fortune shall
not slip from him; rather disgrace,
rather the humiliation of confession
than thai; rather the scornful, con'
temptuous eyes of the world, their
condemnation, than poverty.
The clock in the hall strikes the half
hour. lie strikes IA match and looks at
his watch-half-past nine. lie has an
appointment with Conrad Gardner
at ten. lie goes cut into the hall. The
house is as still as death. No one
seemst to be stirring. The hall lamp
is burning, casting a sickly light
around. He dons a SLOUGH hat, turns
his collar up around his throat and
goes out into the night to keep his ap'
pointment. lie hurries down the path,
out Of the gate, on past GARDENERS cot
tage. lie does not see the dark form,
which, keeping in the shadow of the
trees which skirt the roadside, follows
him-a dark shadow, but one with
wide open eyes, keen ears. A danger
! oas shadow, lie leaves the road leap:
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iD-Ni'''tN -Nisi'- l.Nb
nearly a thousand of these things this
year. What do you suppose om'Sain;
Nalentinus, patron of the pleasant occa-
sion, will do with me when he gets held
of mc?'
That naturally led TO n discussion OF
the whole subject. II appears that
Howard does not allow these drawings
TO interfere in any way with his art
work. He has a very nice way OF get
ting the time 10 do them. In nose
moments OF dissatisfaction which an
ordinary man would waste in swearing
or in throwing a fellow creature down
stairs Howard simply draws valentines.
1t relieves his feelings perfectly. | was
glad to know this, for ! had been at a
loss to account for the exemplary mild
ness of his disposition. 1t would be
unjust, of course, to compare so favor
ed a person with ourselves. We do not
ave the opportunity OF insulting %
100, 900 strangers every year. We must
do the best We can with only our fam
lilies and friends.
1t appears that comic valentines are
all offensive. They are divided broadly
into two classes, which are known tech
nically as the "Hit-'em-H ards" and the
Long Jokers." BY the rules of ordi-
nary social courtesy a person may reply
10 "A Long Joker with "A club; but If he
gets a Hit-'em-Hard he takes down tho
old musket from the wall.
The enormous sale of these things
proves that they must I'll a longing OF
the human heart. The two sexes feel
this want about equally. Just as many
are painted for men as for women. |
regard that as an interesting fact which
might easily escape the notice OF "A less
acute student of human nature than
myself. inst how badly you haze to
hate a person before YOU feel impelled
to insult him pictorlally on the 14th OF
February ! am unable to state. But
there must be a good many million peo-
pie in this country who could tell from
their personal experience. This prac-
tice shows the general recognition OF
the artistic value Of contrast. An
added charm must cling to the pie.
ture of a jackass labelled This is You'
when II IL received on the day sacret
TO lovers tokens.
Mr.. Howard tells me that these yalen'
tines are all directed TO the pretoria
exhibition OF some human fault or folly
If they were confined to any other fiell
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UNEMPLOYED ONTARIO.


or ontariu'S area, estimated nj 200
u1O square miles. 100000 square miles
are in an unknown region, only the
edges Of which have been explored
This Is the territory known rs the Hin
tcriand of Ontario. Il lies between
Lakes Huron and superior to the south
and the Albany river and ST. James
bay to the north. In this area is the
Height Land. which separate, waters
flowing to Hudson bay and the streams
cnptying into the st. Lawrence and
the lakes. North of the height Is what
Is called the Hudson hay slope, consist
iug of about 10000 square miles. This
slope may be described as unknown
land. The height of land Is not Il ridge
OF hills, but IL II level plateau so.nr,
zoo or | 800 feet above the sea "Fht
scenery SAYS u surveyors report,
though diversified by hundreds OF
riyrs and streams and thousands VI
lakes and innumcrable Crags a0d hllii
OF rock. Is certainly lacking IN that no,
bility and largcness of view which only
the presence of lofty mountains can
bostow." OF the rivers flowing nortI
from this slope the Albany is the most
important. being about i75 miles long
and Manageable during the season oi
high water for 80 miles. or the short
slope south Of the Height of Land. IN
which are situated the settlements 81
North Bay, Sturgeon Falls ard sad
bury, there is definite and general
knowledge, but the whole territory slop-
ing north remains uncxplorcd.
The iiindcrland Is Ontario's reserve.
Much valuable timber in this region is
destroyed by fires that sweep south OF
the watershed. Pine. spruce, tnmarach,
poplar and cedar are varieties Of wood
existing in abundance south of the Iud-
son bay slope. Here, too, are valuable
Minerals. but the treasures hidden in
the region north of the plateau and the
resources of the plane itself await tho
searching of some intrepid explorer.
This year further Investigations are 10
be made in both Labrador aud the Hin
tcrland. Meanwhile, no advcnturuug
spirit need resign itself to obscure in.
activity. nor ambitious traveller sigh be-
cause there are not new countries 10
traverse. The Hintcrland will reward
the eager d%iscOvorcr, and when he has
exhausted that territory the regions OF
the great Northwest remain uusur-
vcyed.
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Revenge of u Tilted Lover,

An awful tragedy occurred at Paris
Immediately after n wedding ceremony
two weeks ago. As the newly married
couple left the church at the Place 81.
Francois Xavier, a young, well-dressed
man stepped out of the crowd, II in
full sight Of the bride and bridegroom
he fired two shots into his brain, falling
dead at their feet. The excitement was
in~describable; the bride tainted, and,
il is feared, will become insane, The
suicide was a Tilted lover of the bride
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FACTS CONCERNING HEARING.
Sound Has Remarkable Force Ia Water
Experiments by Scientists.

IN inquiry was recently made In
London as to the greatest distance at
which u mans voice could be heard,
leaving. of course. the telephone out Of
consideration, says Harper's Round
Table. The reply was most interest
ing and was as follows: Eighteen
miles Is the longest distance Oh record
at which a mans voice has been heard.
This occurred in the Grand Canon OF
the Colorado. whore one man shouting
the name Bob" AT one end his voice
was plainly heard at the other end,
which Is eighteen miles away. Lieut..
Foster, on Porry's third Arctic sX-
pedition, found that he could converse
with a man across the harbor OF Port
Bowen. n distance o. S,G9G feet. or about
one mile and a quarter, and Sir John
Franklin said that he Conyersed with
ease at u distance of more than a
mile. DR.. Young records that at Glib
raltar the human voice can he heard
at a distance OF ten miles. Sound has
remarkable force in water. COLLATION.,
by experiments made in the lake OF
Geneva, estimated that a Dell SuDtleFee'
in the sea might be heard a distance
of more than sixty miles. Franklin
says he heard the striking together of
two stones in the water half a mila
away. over water or n surface OF Ice
sound is propagated with great clear
ness and strength. DR.. Hutton relates
that on a quiet part of the Thames near
Chelsea he could hear a person read
distinctly at the distance of $40 feet,
while on the land the anne could he
heard only at 76 feet. Prof. Tyndall
when on Mount Blanc found the report
of Il pistol shot no louder than the pop
of a champagne bottle. Persons in Il
balloon can hear voices from the cart
q long time after they themselves are
'uaudiblc to people below.
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left nothing whatever to be desired,
Of course. there were many other dude
caricatures that year, but this was the
most offensive by long odds. Il hap
pencd that a young man Of Mr.. How
ards acquaintance got three valentines
that year from three different cities,
and every one of his unknown admirers
picked out this identical valentine.
What could a man think under such
exceptional circumstances except that
there was a distinct resemblance be.
tween himself and the fellow In the pic
turc? 1t must have been deeply de-
pressing. learn from Mr.. Howard
tina; this gentleman did not ommit sui
eide. but he would have committed
murder under favorable conditions.
One of the most successful valentines
ever sent out was entitled The Slug
gard" II represented II man In bed.
A pair OF naked and gigantic feet hung
over the footboard. which was in tn.
foreground: and the sun, with a smile
of derision on his countenance, vas
seen looking in through an open win
uoN' MI 'oNhlh saw 'hio w az -
a philosophical spirit as n sample OF
what Is considered "A rare joke by many
thousands of persons. Perhaps the
richest thing If popular applause be
the critcriOn-in the line Of comic val
ontincs for women was Il picture en-
titled Going 10 Seed II represented
a particularly ill-conditi0nod plant In i
large red nower-pOt, and the flower was
the typical head OF an old maid. Thou,
sands upon thousands Of these were
sold. and they served. doubtless, 10 en-
bitter the thoughts of Il corresponding
number of ONE who ought rather tC
have been congratulated. While man,
Of these valentines are used in malice
the real reason why they sell is that the
people think that they are funny
There's a very deep theme. ! have
made II special duty Of the problem
What do people laugh at? And ! have
partly solved IT,. have learned what
myself laugh at-but the remaining
persons mentioned in Mr.. Portcr's cen
sls have thus far eludcd me-. And eve,
in my own case the result Is not con
slant. One day, perhaps, ] can laugh
at one of my own jokes, and n few days
later, when | run across II IN q copy o
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THE OLD MAID ALWAYS SEEM!
WELL.

an old magazine which died before ,
Was born, 1t don't seem funny al all
But Mr.. Howard has gone farther. IN
has not only discovered the secret @.
what Is humor to a great class OF oul
citizens, hut he has learned what vii
make one mar laugh and another maj
swear. call that a considerable tri
umph.
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comic VALENTINES.
THEY MAKE ONE MAN LAUGH
AND ANOTHER SWEAR.


HAVE discovered
the man who makes
III the comic NdlCu-
tines. Yes. gentle
reader. It is tru.
that one conscience
has to carry the en-
tire burden. Per
hapa YOU do MOI
know how heavy
that burden Is.
Learn. then, that
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ONYX MInea.

Discoveries of valuable onyx, which
promise to develop into very large
mines. have been made near Heads
burg, Cal, The stone Is beautifully
rslrked and a blast Of the face OF the
ledge has exposed it in great quaint
ties
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faborers-cven denied the privilege OF
his " child. The lawyers cold,
mcthodical voice breaks into his mad.
dening thoughts.
shall ! proceed with the reading"'
'NcS," he says, in II voice which he
can hardly recognize as his own, ego
on-procced."
The lawyer continues:
If the firstborn child of my beloved
nephew. Adrian Dyke, should be of tn"
male sex, then do | ~bequeath to him
order that he shall be .cpaid for the
love and tenderness he has shown me
during the last few years of my life,
he recompensed for the care and trou-
BILE ! have been to him.
And the balance of my fortune
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Some Use.

Featherstone-Willie, | don't SEQ
that valentine that | gave your sistel
in this pile.
Winie-No; she gave II 10 the baby
play With
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CHAPTER NNll.
MMAT MEANS.

BOW FIGl RI
before an Oakcn
desk, a form that
does not move.
Only n deep sigh.
n groan yelling
up from breast
o~vcrcharged with
deep emotion, re-
vpols the fact that
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THR OHUROH COLLAPSED.
Eight Persons Killed and sixty others
Injured.

PARIS, Feb "A terrible accident,
resulting in the killing of eight persons
and the injuring of sixty, occurred to-
day at Aianlevrier. a village near An
gers, in the department of Maine-Et-
Loire.
The accident was due to the collapse
of the village church, in which mass
was being celebrated. The structure
was comfortably filed, most Of the
Worshippers being women and children.
Suddenly, and with very little warning,
the walls began to sway, and before all
the congregation could get outside fell
The roof descended upon the struggling
throng beneath, and it is surprising that
no more than eight persons were killed.
The work Of removing the dead and
reseuing the injured was promptly COM
menced by the villagers, who were
aided by peasants and others from the
country round about. The condition of
some Of the injured is so serious that it
is feared they will die. A larger congre-
cation than usual attended the mass to-
day, it being the feast of the purifica-
ton of the blessed Virgin.
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PACIFIC RAILROAD DEBTS.
President c. P. Huntington Appears
Before the Senate Committee.
Says the Company Wants to Pay All
Its Liabilities at One Hundred
Cents on the Dollar.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The Senate
Committee on Pacific Railroads yes
terday gave a hearing to representa-
tives of the various interests trying to
secure a readjustment of the indebted
ness of the Pacific railroads to the
United States. c. P. Huntington of
the Central Pacific was among those
who appeared. His speech was brief,
and he intimated that it was not the
time that he intended to be heard dur
ing the present hearing. He made the
point that the condition of the Central
Pacific was better than that of any of
the Government aided roads; that it
was solvent and had always been so;
and that many of its minor bonds had
been paid off. The wood bridges of
former years had been replaced with
iron ones and the road was ballasted
for nearly its entire length.
"We are better off than we seem, .
said President Huntington, land we
want to pay all our debts at the rate of
100 cents on the dollar In future there
will be less and less to pay out for i'm
provements of such Importance as bal
lasting mad bridges, mad in the absence
Of a floating debt there is fair reason
to believe that the Central Pacific can
pay its debts without ever going into
the hands of receivers.
MY friends have been sending a
great deal of abusive literature through
the mails from California, but I shall
not speak of that" said Huntington
Senator Frye here interrupted to ask
about Sutro, and Huntington said:
''That is very simple. He had a lot of
land away out on sandy beach, seven
miles from San Francisco. and he want
ed me to build a street railroad out to
it so that he could get five-cent fares to
his land and make a lot of money out OF
it. We went to lunch one day and he
asked me to do this. said I would
some day, but not at present. He said
he wanted it right away or he would
fight me. I said, Well, -- you, go
ahead and fight me-"
This statement caused burst of
laughter from the committee, and it
completed what Huntington had to say.
He left for New York tonight.
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The Reason WHY.

"I wonder if this new-woman move
ment will result in the erection of
monuments to women?" she said
thoughtfully.
ut won't, he replied promptly.
''I don't see why" she persisted. "It
seems TO me that women have been
sighted in that line. Why shouldn' t
there be statues of great women as well
as of great men?"
How would a statue with puffed
sleeves 1ook?" he asked.
II don't see why it wouldn't look all
right" she replied.
but how would it look after puffed
sleeves have gone out of fashion?"
Il never thought of that" she an
swered. But I don't see why they
couldn't change the statue as the fash
ions changed; and I guess they'll do it,
too, when women are in full control of
things. Chicago Post.
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SAILS INTO BOHEMIAN.
Cleopatra Charms the Theater-GOerS Of
Gallatin County.
They Thought the Egyptian Girl Was
Clever Whistler or Skirt
Dancer.
"a. K. Yerkes in Bozeman, Mont

"a. K. Yerkes in Bozeman, Mont.
Chronicle.)
The play Of Cleopatra" was at the
Opera house on Friday night. 1t met
with an enthusiastic reception and the
manager feels much encouraged. He
will probably try it on New York City
since it has been received here. There
was a noticeable lack of talking and
joysome loughter at the most impressive
moments. There was also a large lack
Of infants in arms. 1t is becoming ap.
apparent that fond fathers and mothers
have about concluded that their in
fants do not fully appreciate high class
drama The wall of a nursing child
just at the time everyone is waiting
with bated breath to catch the passion
ate words of the tragedian, is not call
eulated to lend a charm to the play,
and perhaps it may now become fash
ionable to leave infants at home If so,
Bozeman will have made another step
upward and onward, and viii have
something besides its City Council to be
proud OF
The house was plenty large enough to
hold all who were there. This was due
to the fact that a great many of our
theater-goers thought that Cleopatra
was farce comedy, with woman
whistler in the leading role. Had they
known that such shows as Cleopatra"
came to Bozeman but once in thou
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FREE SILVER COINAGE.
It Passes the Senate by Vote oi
Forty-Tvo to Thirty-Five.

tt Passes the Senate by a Vote of
Forty-Tyvo to Thirty-Five.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-The long
contest. over the silver pond bill is at an
END in the Senate. that body having
passed the free silver coinage substi-
tute of the House bond bill by the de-
cisive vote Of u to 35-a majority of
seven for free silver. This result was
reached at 3 o'clock yesterday, after
three hours of caustic debate and sharp
parliamentary fencing.
Many amendments were pending
when , o'clock arrived, and these were
summarily cut off by a strict construe-
tion of the agreement. althongh the
differences over the agreement itself
held off the vote for an hour beyond the
time set The result was such a fore
gone conclusion that little excitement
or surprise was occasioned by the an
nouncement of the passage of the sub
stitute. Following is the vote:
Ayes-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
blanchard, Brown, Butler, Call, Cam
eron, Cannon, Carter, Chiffon, Clark,
CockrelI. Daniel, George, Harris, Irby,
Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada,
Kyle, Mantle, Mitchell Of Oregon, Pas
coe, PETER, Perkins, Pettigrew, Pritch-
ard, Pugh, Roach, -Shoup. Squire, Stew
art. Teller, Tillman, Turpie, Vest, Voor-
hees, WalthaIl, Warren, White, Wilson
-42
Noes-Allison, Baker, Burrows, Caf-
fiery, Chandler, Davis, Elkins, Faux
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ADJUSTMENTS.

The Hallett Stock Company will pre-
sent at the C1unie Opera-house tonight
and all the week that very funny farce
comedy my Precious Baby" with the
following favorites in the cast: Dolly
Birkett, William Brewer; Dick Talbot,
his chum, Max Steinle; Mr.. Dawson,
their tutor, A. Hallett; Mr.. Birkett,
Charles Howard; Captain McManus,
Charles Davies; Betsy, the maid, Anita
Bridger; Mrs. McManus, Kitty O'Brien;
Mrs. Birkett, Maggie Francis; Madame
Polenta, May Powers. In conjunction
with the comedy performance Manager
Hallett has also arranged for the ap-
pearance of the popular acrobatic &c
centriques, Ryder and Russell.
Beginning Monday. the 10th inst,
Harry Roimer, a popular young actor
and author, will play a special engages
ment with the Hallett Stock Company.
appearing in his own military drama,
'"Twixt Love and Duty"
on Monday, February 18th, Milton
and Dolly Mobiles win begin an ex-
tended engagement at the Clunie
opera house under the management
and supported by the Hallett Stock
Company. Their opening piece viii be
Love and Law" which is considered
enc of the few modern plays by an
American playwright that has with
stood the test of years and still holds
its own. Mr.. Mobiles can be sincerely
credited with the responsibility for the
prestige of Love and Law" and his
rendition Of Felix O'Paf is one of the
best pieces of character acting that is
so rare nowadays, especially in travel
ing combinations.
At the Metropolitan Theate Satur-
day night Mr.. James closed his engage
ment to a good audience. The play was
"Othello" Mr.. James made an excel
lent Moor, but his presentation of the
character was not the ideal by any
means. It was too heavy and lacked
in that quality of dignity which saves
the Moor from utter detestation. Never
theless it was a vigorous OtheIlo.
strong in physical presentment and
read with deep earnestness. Mr..
Lindsley's Iago was notable. He
painted Iago a shade the more villain
Gus than any other has done we have
seen. There was more of by-p1ay and
.'business" than is common. Tt, how
ever. had the virile quality, was full Of
spirit It is by all odds the best effort
of this young actor. Miss Kruger's
Desdemona was very superior, indeed
quite near the ideal and left little or
nothing wanting. The Emelia was
poor. 1t was vigorous enough. but
lacked sensibility and womanly dig
nifty.
The box Office for the T. W. Keene
engagement opens at the Metropolitan
Theater this morning.
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Her idea.

Mrs. Goodkind Qaying down her
newspaper)-My sakesi Those people
out in Oklahoma must be a filthy set.
Mr.. Goodkind-H What makes
you think so?
Mrs. Goodkind-Why. I've just been
reading about their lynching man in
Ricket City for trying to clean out the
tOWu-P11ck
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LORD woLsELEY's STORIES.
Gerald Graham's Bravery Something
Almost supernatural.

But let us now recur to the charm of
intercourse with Lord Wolseley and to
the happy and kindly qualities which
endear him to his friends. He is at
his best when speaking of his war ex-
periences, whether in the new world or
in the old. No one has ever given more
graphic sketches of Lee and of Stone
wall Jackson than Lord yyoIseley can
give. as the French say, between the
pear and the cheese, and his stories of
the Crimea, of the Indian mutiny. of
wars in China ard Africa. are hardly
to be equalled. Let US take Crimean
story first, promising solely that mem
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Thread Snoo1s

Nearly all the spools used for thread
are made from birch timber cut in the
State of Maine. The New York Sun
says that more than 100000 feet of
birch are annually exported to Scot
land alone for the use of thread manu-
facturers, and nearly as much more is
consumed in this country for the same
lI1rDoSe
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ner, Frye, Gallinger, Gear, Gibson, Cor
man, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hill, Hoar,
Lindsay, Lodge, Mcbride, Mcmillan,
Martin, Mills, Mitchell Of Wisconsin,
Morrill,, Murphy. Nelson, Palmer,
Platt, Proctor. Sherman, Thurston,
Villas and Wetmore-35
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Open to Deceit.

Good Samaritan-Don you know bet
ter than to drive that poor horse up hill
so fast?
O'Connor-Up hill, is it? OH begorra,
the nag's blind and he can't see it,
PearsoE's Weekly.
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INNOCBNHS SLAUGHTERED.
True Story Of What Occurred When the
Insurgents Entered Sabanilla.
Vastly Different Pom Accounts Here
tofore Sent Out.

After the Cuban Rebels Had Looted
the Stores to Provide Clothing and
Food for the Starving Inhabitants
They Left, When Spanish volun-
teers Appear on the Streets and
Fire Into a Crowd of Defenseless
People, killing Twenty-Four, In
Guiding Several Women and Chill
dren.