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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18

jest stow them traps fur me, Jake
requested One-Eyed Hank as he passed
his personal arsenal over the bar. It'll
call fur EN-"
"Whater yer %strippin' yerself fur
Hank Sick?"
Nav. tough as n mustang, but I ran
uD agin a new kind er game. Thar's
a tenderfoot dude down ter tn hotel
%spoutin' fur gold. Free silver's my
long suit, so | sets 'em up all round
SOS ter git inter tn play. ! puts in my
bluff, but tn dude kin chin bout siX-
teen ter my one, an | hain't s good
as a two spot on the showdown. !
knows I'm trimmed. so | tn ole
dodge, an when he says I'm mistaken
| claims he calls me a liar. Jest as
I'm goin' ter open tn ball he yanks off
his goggles, ketchcs me slider tn head
IN knocks me tn whole length OF tn
joint. Afore | kin pull Red Mike gifts
tn drop on me an says ! can't shoot
no man what hain't armed, but ef !
War lookin' fur a rouGh-an'-tumble
he'd referee tn derbatc. Gimme bout
four inches O sarpint juice an I'm
gOin' back to contin'e tn argument,
fur they hain't no man kin best me in
a froe-fur-all."
Half an hour later Hank returned,
Joking as though he had been tat
Slooed with m icc-pick and so limp that
a man at each arm was necessary.
Did you do him, FIant?" asked
Jake, with a look of wonder at the
toughest man in the ~digging3.
Never touched him. Couldn't git
anigh him. Thought he war a mark.
but he knocked ne down ~faster'n |
could count. Every time tn dude hit
me | wished it war n mule kickin' me,
or jest a ordinary man thumpin' me
18th n club. I'm suthin' OF a alI-'roun'
strapper, but that thar cuss kin whip
all the fellers like me you can load on
a frieght-train goin' down grade. He
licked me squar', Jake, an | want yer
ter give it out straight ter tn boys that
I'm a goldbug."
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
lie Didu't Ncarn for Wealth.

But a man kin make money very
last in this town If he likes" remarked
the Oklahoma man. in a casual sort
Df manner.
Il suppose So put in the stranger
at once, with an earnestness that
showed he was eager TO be let into the
,cret Of IL.
Yes" rcjOincd tho other; II saw a
man here the other day make a thou
SAND dollars almost at once. ye might
Say."
Indeed"
Fac, sir; he was a stranger, just
like you-l don't know whar he comes
from or anythin' about him morn |
know about You; but anyhow he comes
here, sir. an he gifts in with some o
them thar insurance agents ove to the
station yonder, an gifts his life insured
TO onc't, dye seq"
81 see"
Yes. gifts his life insured an then,
sir, out he and begins shoutin'
his politics around right straight. Oh.
be was business. he was. | tell yc'
Vel, sir, 'twaren't morn half an hour
from the time that fellow landed at
the station a poor man till the insur.
ance company was wrltin' cut a check
Ter a thousand dollars fer his wilder.
1t was the sharpest thing I ever see.
Dens il | ever see such a plan! did
you?"
The stranger agreed most cordially
that 1t was a sharp trick, indeed. but
added as he rose to see when the next
train would leave there that, unfortu-
nately for him, he didn't have any
politics at all, and. what was more. he
had no wife. Resides" said he
anxiously, "1ll-lll tell you straight,
don't crave wealth at all just now"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18

Man" Talk about your Boston SYM
ph0NN orchcstras II Boston being the
nO. r.' center Of the country; Is all
nor.y"o,k' There's ass much musical
.as & 10 tnc 'uar, inch here IN Boom
i""1 as ia my town in America. and
N'N y'sago to lick the man who says
IT 2.at SO, And when It comes to
vocal singing Miss Sadie May Yawp,
who sang "Thc Gypay's Warning last
malt. knocked the socks clean off a
woman named Narlica We heard sing
zach cast last winter. 1t amt often a
hdHE-np concert company strikes
Hoontown, but 1t gets appreciated
"I,n it docs come.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
\ students Joke,

}. l.. DOdsOn. the actor. Is an English
nan. when | was AT school at Har-
row. he said TO a reporter, Campo
mini, then in the height of his fame
rs a tenor, sang for the first time in
the city In Italian opera. II | mistake
not, it was Trovatorc. At the end of
C~ampaninis great aria in the third act
there was a storm of applause. All
the front seats in the balcony were oc-
cupied by students, and 1t was noticed
that an almost invisible wire was
strung from the middle point in the
gallery horseshoe TO the top of tie
prOmpter's box at the middle of a.
stage. What caused most people to no.
tice the wire was the sudden appear
ance on II of a floral car of huge dimen-
siOus, over which lowered on spirals
several stuffed doves. The car rode
gradually down along the wire until IL
was in full view OF everybody. Cam
panini's face was wreathed in smiles.
He bowed now with his right, and
again with his left hand on his chest.
AS the car approached the prompter's
box the singer moved forward TO re.
move IL from It's trolley. Then there
was the keen zest Of the occasion. Not
Only was there one wire, there were
two. The second was attached to the
car, and also to the hand.of a pagtlcu-
larly stalwart undergraduate. With
marvellous rapidly the car shot back
to the balcony, The smiles, | may add,
AID not tarry on Campanini's face
RoStOn transcript.
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'' ' ~ 'NNtl' N'slbs a
The c]ocuoNut crab f. one OF ,NC odd.
'st specimens OF the wro'c crab tamily
lie lives in ne South island; aud
makes a Diet or C|ucudlu,s. This
species has q pair Of front legs t,.-
minated with a strong pair Of pin'hcra
and 1t is With those that hc hushs the
nuts and lrpIls through the weakest
portion Of the shell. The crab beg rs
by tearing the husk. finer ry fiber. and
always at the end whore the cychulcs
OF the nut are situated. that being The
weakest place In til, shelf. Whom th,
husk has been removed the crab COM
mcnccs ~hammCring the shell with his
heavy claws, and soon makes an open
ing. through which he extracts the
meat OF the nut. Mr.. Darwin. writing
Ut this crab says: 81 think this IL rs
curious a cas-" of instinct as | ever
heard OF. especially in structures so re-
mote from each Other in the scheme Of
nature as a %cocoanut and a crab"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
Music in ~itOOmtOwn.

From the BoomtoWn Boomerang:
fhe musical and literary evening given
by the Sagevillc orchestra, with lady
soloists. in the hall over Bud Hickey's
saloon last eve, may we'll be called a
bowling success. each number being
greeted with loud hOwls for more from
the audience. 1t is many a day since
we have heard so much music ripped
ont of a fiddle as Prof. Orlando p. C..
Pugsley ripped ont of his fiddle last
night, and his accomplished and good
looking lady wife pounded some of the
sweetest melody out of the piano that
we ever heard pounded out of any
piano. She just made it get up and
4 mp, and in the duet for two persons
That they played together it was ip
and tuck when 1t came to jerking 10
sweetest music out O. the two instru-
nents. Such dash. smash, crash, bang
Pnvs'c ain't heard every day in these
parts. Then there wasn't anything slow
about the accordion and flute duet. by
the professors two daughters. Every
foot in the house was keeping time be-
fore the young ladies had played three
minutes ana some OF the limber-legged
young folks even got up and waltzed
up and down the aisles. But when the
whole orchestra of nine pieces got in
70 work the audience went wild, and
~ anyone thinks Boomtown amt eul-
ktivated mp 10 approaching good music
khey'd just ought to have been in HEX
>y's hall last night when that orchestra
Zierked ~ Sally and the Ham-Fat
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
EARLY MINING LAWS.
In Former Years the Gold Diggings
We're Public Property.

were iuLi' PROPERLY
"The earliest mining laws were en-
acted not by congress. but by the min
ers themsclve, in the mining districts
writes eX-President Harrison in the
Ladies Home Journal. 1T Is a curious
fact that from 1S49 to 1866. the period
of the greatest development in the
mining of gold, there vas no law OF
the United States regulating the sub
ject. The prOspcctOrs roamed over the
public lands. located placer or quartz
mines and took out a fabulous store
of wealth. A policy to reserve min
eral lands from sale under the general
land laws prevailed FOR many years and
had been expressed in suitable laws,
but no provision had been made for
the sale of such lands. In the land
grants to the Pacific railroad companies
ii a provided that mineral lands
should not pass under the grants. The
river beds, gulches and mountain sides
were %proepccted by men who carried
picks and basins in their hands and a
brace of pistols in their belts. They
were ailamc with the lust of gold and
"'hpilt, 'i'ii N'l' many h'SpNIulf Hl'l,
but they had the ~Anglo-SaXOn's in
stincts for organizing civil institutions
and his love for fair play. There were
70 mining laws and in many places
rome of any sort. They met the emcr-
ency by "A public meeting, which re-
solved itself into a Legislative body with
full powers to make n code that did
not cover a wide field, but covered their
case. The limits of a claim and the
distribution Of tho water supply were
prescribed ana established and every
man became "A w%arrantcr of every 9TH
er mans title. These camp legislators
had this advantage of congress and
% other legislative bodies that / know
or-thcy had n good practical knuwl.
cige of the subjects they dealt with.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
NELSON'S FAMOUS SIGNAL.
"imgi,mh Expects Every Man tn 30 Ills
DutN"

AZ The United Services institute,
whitehall NJ which rrir.. Go c,cd
with Traiaisar and Nelson are to be-
exhibited. there H. q tlmc-staincd ducu-
mout, framed ald huug on the western
wall, from which t. appears that che
famous signal England aspects every
man tO do his duty was not wholly
Nelson's, says st. James Gazette
Lieut.. PascO. who was responsible for
tn" signaling on the admiral's ship.
makes the following statement. "iiis
lordship came To me on the poop and.
after ordering certain signals TO he
made, about u quarter to- noon, said
MIR. lasco, | want to say to the fleet:
England contidcs that every mar Will
DO his duty lie added: You must
hc quick. fOi | have one more to add.
which il for close action | replied:
" your lordship will permit me to sub
stitute expects" for "conhdes' the sig-
nal Will soon be completed. because the
word expects" liz in the vocabulary
and 'confides" must be spclt.' His
lordship replied In haste and I'm SEEM
ing satisfaction: That will do, Pasco:
make II directly. AS the last hoist was
handed down Nelson turned to Capt.
~Blackwood. who was standing by him,
with: Now , can do no more. We
must trust to the great Disposer of all
events and the Justice of our cause. I
nan God for this great opportunity
OF doing my duty When Lord Nell
sons message had been answered by a
Few ships In the van he ordered me to
make signal for close action and keep
II up. Accordingly ! hoistcd No. i6 ut
the topgallant masthead and there II
remained until shot away" Such,
then, Is the duly sworn and attested
statement of Nelson's flag lieutenant
which he gave to Col. Baylis, q. G.,
who presented II to the museum.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
steel Dia

Within a year or two the French
chemist, Monsieur Moissan, has sue
ceeded in making minute diamonds by
saturating melted iron with carbon ami
then cooling the iron under strong
pressure. The carbon crystallizes into
the form of diamonds as the metal
cools. This experiment has been re-
peatcd many times. Recently it oc-
Cured to Monsieur Rossel that there
must be diamonds in very hard steel,
which is produced in a manner similar
tn the process OF Monsieur Moissan.
Accordingly he examined many spcci-
mems of such steel ana discovered that
IN fact ii does contain microscopic dia-
nonds, mere speCks in size. but pre-
sCnting the characteristic forms and
properties of natural diamonds. At Il
recent meeting of the Academy of Sci
onccs in Paris oAInsiour Rossgl cyhib-
tied magnitlod photographs of several
OF these minute gems taken from bits
Of steel.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
SETTING TIE RIVER ON F.RE.
Origin Of This Popular and Expressive
rhrIsp.

Sometimes when II person wants to
make m unpleasant remark in a pleas
ant sort of way about a duh boy he
viii say: THAT boy will never set the
river ON fire" says st. Nicholas. Now.
that is all ycIy true, for even the smart
est man in The world could never set
a stream Of water on fire. and so per-
hgps many IF q who have heard tli.
expression have wondered what IL
meant by setting the iiyor ON fire. In
England, many. many years aLo. be-
fore the millcrs had machinery for sitt-
ing flour, each family was obliged to
slit its ISL tlUar. For doing TINS K
was necessary ~ use a sieve. called n
tense, which Wa 80 fixed that it could
be turned round aud round in the top
OF Il barrel. II II was turned too fast
the friction would sometimes cause II
to catch fire; and as II was only the
smart. Woodworking boys who could
make 1t go so fast rs that, people got
into the way of pointing out a lazy
boy by saying that he would never set
the tense on fire. After awhile these
sleeves went out OF use, but as there
were still plenty of stupid boys in the
world people kept on saying that they
would never set the tense on fire. Now
the name of the river Thames Is pro-
nounced exactly Ike the word tense
and so, after many years. those persons
who had never seen or heard of the
old-fashioned sieve thought that "sct.
ting the tense on fire" meant setting
the river Thames on fire. This express
sion became very popular and travelled
far and wide, until the people living
near other streams did not see why Il
a any harder for a slothful boy TO
set the Thames on fire than any other
river, and so the name of the river
was dropped and everybody after that
simply said 'thc river" meaning the
river Of his particular city or town.
And that is how It is people today talb
Of setting the river on fire.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
\ Scientific prnguu-Ily.

Most OF the inventions of man have
their counterpart In nature. The swan
Is the model of the stately ship, deep
sea fish are found to carry with them
incandescent lamps to light them on
their way. and instances may he null
tiplicd Indefinitely. And now comes
a species of dragon fly which used the
twin screw as a propeller Ions before
Fulton thought OF the steamship. This
is not an imaginary creature. M some
might suppose. II is. however, one of
the most extraordinary creatures in the
world, and the only one of its kind.
It's owner, a former governor of Port
land prison, was "A keen collector OF all
sorts OF beetles and winged insects.
Once during his w%andorings in Brazil
he CHANGED upon what seemed to him
a dragon fly of unusual shape. Catch
ing II in his net he found to his as
constituent that in addition to its
wings II had twin archimedian screws,
one on each side of it's long body. which
revolvcd In the same manner as a
ships screw. On his return to England
he was Offered 81 1900 for 1t by the au-
thoritics OF the British museum. Being
a man of wealth he declined the offer
and made II the center nam ef a
beautiful collection Of tropical insects
Unfortunately, in capturing 1t two OF
the blades were broken off one of the
screws; otherwise 1t was in pcrfcc,
preservation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
They 10 Sot Throw Thcir Ouili,.

The spines Of the porcupinc are very
loosely attached to the body and they
arc very sharp-as sharp as q needle
al The outer end. At almost the slight-
est touch they penetrate the nose OF a
dog or the clothing or flesh of q per.
S0a touching the porcupinc, and they
stick there, coming away from the ami.
NAL without any pull required. The
facility in catching hold with one end
and letting go with the other has m
times caused people to think that the
spines had been thrown al them. The
outer end of the spines, for some dis
lance down, is covered with small
barbs. These barbs cause a spine once
imbedded in a living animal to keen
working further in with every move
ment of the muscles, so that it l. not
a pleasant thing to get stuck full Of
them. Portland O~rcgonian.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18

The only way to regenerate the world
Is to do the duty which lies nearest us.
and not to hunt after grand. far
fetched mes for ourselves. If each
drop of rain chose where it should fall.
Gods showers would not fall as they
do now.-Charles Kingsley.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
POLAR MISERIES.
One Explorer suffers from Thirst ana
Another from Cold.

Another from Cold.
The arctic explorers complain OF DIFF.
fcrent causes of misery which they en-
counter In the far north. SAYS the New
York Journal. DIR. hansen saws the
thirst, induced by the terribly irksome
labor OF sledge-haulinP, gave him most
trouble. Though the polar world is
covered with frozen water there Il
none for drinking purposes save that
which Is thawed and on the march IL
10 almost impossible to get this with
out hating to thaw 1t. Other explorers
complain OF the effects of the wind and
the sun, 1t Is well known that a very
low degree Of cold can be borne with
ont discomfort SO long as the air is
still, but the moment ii gets i'm motion
1t strikes the skin like the blast Of a
furnace. It, effects have often been
described rs precisely similar To those
of "A burn, The sun. when II Is Wis
iblc, is no; and pcels and blistors the
skin. But perhaps after all the great
est evil ana misery which confronts
the polar explorer spring from the fear
iul depression, mental ana physical, of
the long nights of two and three thou
sand hours Of gloom and semi-dark-
ness. Under It's influence men seem TO
suffer like plants deprived of sunlight.
\ week or so will often completely
change their characters and the en-
forced i~dleness, universal gloom and
bitter cold combined reduce life to It's
lowest terms and make it so miserable
that many have found refuge from II
in insanity or suicide.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18

James Newsum, of Evansville, Ino.,
is the defendant for the seventh time
in a divorce case, and has survived
ten other wives, making a total of sew
enteen, The latest Mrs. Newsum knew
the record Of her hus land, but declares
he was so fascinating she couldn't re-
fuse him.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
WESTERN SKETCHES. ,
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The Jackson tKy.) Hustler 50!
The first bicycle ever in Jackson ar.
rived by express last w,'k. It Is the
property of one Of the professors at tn
college. A big, strappiug mountaineer
from Leslie saw the wheel in the eN-
lress Office and said what's that air?'
"A bicycle answered a ~bystandcr, who
went on to explain its uses. 4 low'd
mebbe it was a neNfangled cOBt"sp.ion
to measure saw LOGS with replied the
citizen Of Leslie. And just then Ben
VOLS tainted and fo!l owe. Z pile Of cN-
press natter
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-18
TwO-Thirds Rule.

James-"What is the two-thirds
rule?"
Samuel--"At my house 1t e the
rule OF my wife and boy. And 1t goes"
indianapolis Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16

Following were the sales In the Pacific Stock
Board yesterday:
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16

often by tips that were not intended for
my ears that the shrewd miners finally
suspected me. Possibly somebody heard
me snore in my sleep, or even talk IN my
sleep. At all events a gang captured me
one night, placed a rope around my neck,
and escorted me to a tree with lynch law
! history short distance from the settle
ment.
Speak, now, or We'll string you up to
that tree, said the leader with an oath.
Il thought to myself, II l speak now
they'll hang me, sure; so I'd better take
chances OF hanging as a dummy
clinched my teeth.
'''Speak, or up you CO. yelled the
leader. paid no attention to him, only
stared around, wonderingly, as it were.
The moose tightened. Suddenly l was
drawn slowly up into the air. | was let
down again and enjoined to speak, but 1
stayed with my game.
''They gave me another lift into the air
and then released me, with a fair warning,
written and spoken, to quit that camp
without delay. l couldn't quit those parts
too speedily to suit myself.
During my six months in this town
have heard more things than would be
possible for a man who was known to have
his voice and hearing. 1t requires some
pretty fair acting to be a successful deaf
mute, in spite of all the slurs and filings
and abuse heaped by people on such an
unfortunate. For one thing you find out
what fools some people are"
Charley Shultz is the "hero'' of the jail
in which he is serving out his sentence
and many erstwhile smart people, espe-
cially among the young bloods and sports,
are now, as matter OF course, more mod
est and re erved. The next ''Geaf- mute
who comes to town will be regarded with
caution, ana may be treated with respect.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
CLEVER sHOPLIFTERs.
Two Arrested and Identified by Several
of Their Victims.

For some weeks past two shopljfters. a
colored man and a white man, have been
operating, particularly in tailor-shops and
clothing-stores, and about twenty COM
plants have been received at police head
quarters.
They would enter a store and while
one would pretend to make purchase his
companion would sneak off with some ar
ticle or articles held underneath his over
coat, which ne had placed conveniently
near on entering.
Detectives Gibson and Wren were de-
tailed on the case, and they suspected
Thomas Johnson. a colored man, and Will
liam Garratt. They left the City and went
to San Jose, but returned Friday night
and were arrested.
Yesterday they were identified in the
City Prison by r. Finking. 341 kearny
street, who lost bolt of cloth: a. Roberts,
1905 Stockton street, six pairs of trousers
Wah Chung, 729 Washington street. a bolt
of cloth; r. Lubbock, 651 Clay street, shot
gun; Jacob Shens, 653 Washington street.
ten pairs of trousers; II. Cohen, Grant
avenue and Sutter street, four pairs of
trousers; and A. Noble, Broadway and
Stockton street, bolt of cloth. Charges
of petty larceny will be booked against
them
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16

MORNING. SESSION.
Board-50 Hawaiian Commercial, l41a; 70
Hutchinson S Co, 1854 100 Market-st Railway,
45: 100 ) Gaslight, TIA: 8 S Savings Union,
4s21a; GOO y \ p Railway Bonds, lUO1s.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-16
Following Are the Highest Prices Durin z
the Past Week.

Mon. Tues. w ed. lThrs. Fri Sat.
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LIVELY IN THE SOUTH.
Editor Selkirk on the Big Orange Yield
and the Rush of Eastern
PeOple.

W. A. selkirk, editor and proprietor of
the San BeTnardino Sun, is at the Lick.
Mr. Selkirk is one of the best known Jour-
nalists of California. he says that within
the last two months business has materi-
ally improved in the southern part of the
State. There has been steady rush of
people. They have been investing consid-
erably and money has grown more plenti-
full. Moreover, there Is good crop of
oranges and other fruits.
In the high ground around Redlands,
Highlands ana similar towns the oranges
are in excellent condition. There was no
FROST whatever Even tomato vines grow
ing within three or four inches Of the
ground were not injured. Mr.. Selkirk as
taken pains to get reliable reports of the
condition of the oranges from the various
districts, He saws much pains is being
taken by the growers in boxing the citrus
fruits so as to make them as attractive as
possible.
Good orange land. with trees that in a
year or two will be in full bearing, may be
bought there now at from $500 to $500 an
acre" said Mr.. Selkirk, "and d man with
say fifteen acres of this land will have a
verv handsome income. | know one man,
q Mr. Cousin of Ohio, who bought such an
orchard eight years ago, and he recently
averaged $500 an acre for his crop, which
for one year is pretty good. OF course. he
had some expenses, but he must have had
5000 to $500 an acre as profit, at least.
"San Bernardino is in more prosperous
condition than it has been for long time.
Generally speaking, the whole of Southern
California isl
Mr.. Sekirk will only be here a few days.
He will probably go on to Sacramento be-
fore returning south.