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ESSAY ON
An English Lad Make. Some Astonish.
ing Statements,

Ing statements.
An examiner of lads under 16 for the
ciyil-seryice commission gave for q
question. says the London Church
Times. Describe the habits of fish"
Here is a literal transcript Of one out
of a batch of some hundreds of an
swers: The shark is about twenty
feet long and has five rows of teeth
when the shark is going to catch his
pray It turns on its side. The sharks
are found ind India, where they are
very numerous in Africa, etc. The
way they catch sharks is lowering 4
piece of meat on a sharp hook land
sailors will do II for smusement), and
the shark is very hungry always. that
he Will grab at the meat and find him
self caught. On of his foes are the sord
fish 1t will 60 and run its sword
through its 5tummick. When the
shark has been floating about on the
water for some time it gets a lot of
small fish in its mouth and they will
go and lay on the beach and let small
birds come in their mouth and pick
them off and will not heart them. The
shark can live in water and on land.
Going from England to Indiad you will
see sharks in the nile, they will follow
ships for many miles. on purpose TO
get some meat and then perhaps not
get any. There are different kinds of
sharks, the Black shark, Etc. The
shark Is a very curious animal, it can
lay its teeth down when not catching
any food. Once upon a time there
was n ship going to America and on
board some slaves, the slaves were
packed so close together that they
could not live and the captin Of the
ship you'st to let some come upon deck
and many of the slaves you'st to jump
overheard and be eat with sharks, so
the captin determined to stop 1t If he
could. So one day a black slave wo-
man was just in the acted to jump
overheard when the captin caught her
and had as many slaves as he could
upon deck. And then he had 4 rope
fastened around her waist and lowered
her overheard, when a shark came and
bit a half of her off and then the cap
tin had the other half pulled UP and
shown to the slaves on deck and then
said to them that he would do any II
of them the same If thay jumped over
board"
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MmrIercl hy a MnNnr

MayorW. W. Waters of Hot Springs,
Ark. killed Harry Martin. IA doctors
drummer. in the street, by cutting his
throat with a knife. The killing grew
out of war being waged upon the
drummers by the city authorities. Mr..
Martin accosted Mr.. Waters in the
street, ana a quarrel arose, when the
mayor drew his knife and cut Mr..
Martins throat from ear to ear. The
mayor was arrested and stayed at the
sherif's house all night. Mayor Wa
his conecit hitohetwn--aindH trhb ger
his connection with the Corbett-Fitz.
simmons fiasco.
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APPEARANCES WE'RE DECEPTIVE
lie Could Ruy the "Chappie" Twice

over.
Pale and thin was the mans face
Soiled and rent were the veteran
clothes that scantiIy defended his
limbs from the assaults OF the wind
says the San Francisco Call. He stooC
at the curb with his back to the en-
trance Of a fashionable hotel and gazet
down at the cobbles of the street. Neai
the gutter lay a bit of bread. Sudden.
~ he cast his eyes about him and. eyi.
IDENTIFY concluding that he was unob.
served. stepped from the curb. snatcheL
up the mOrsel. moved back again t
the sidewalk and began to eat the dirty
crust. The action of the pale, thin in.
dividual was not unseen by al eye O.
pity. a well dressed young man, hav.
ing Witnessed the painful spectacle
was quickly at the side of the assaiian
of the bread crust.
For Gods sake, man, don't eat that"
cried the new actor on the scene. Ant
while he spoke he fished out a half.
dollar piece out of his trousers and of.
fering 1t in his extended palm, added
This will buy YOU at least one good
meal"
Josh Billings once said that "judg.
ing a man by his looks was like juig
ing how far a nan can walk in a DAY
by looking at his boots" Looks anC
actions in this case were deceptive &c
an amazing degree.
The thin, pale mar pushed the las,
of the bit of bread into his face. Their
looked straight into the eyes of the
mar of charitable intent and grinned
and as he grinned he hauled out o.
a pocket of his pantaloons a fistful o.
gold tens and twenties. shook them II
the others face and exclaimed in Z
miserable attempt to be sarcastic AT Z,
most inappropriate time and under cir
culnstances that should in deccncy
have forbidden it:
Save your bits, chappie; I've go,
enough TO buy you twice over"
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HER MATERNALLovE ASSERTED
Mrs. Rood rracticed Deception on Her
Husband Two Years.

It was reported II months ago that
Mrs. Joseph w. Rood, of Fredonia,
n. Y, had given birth to a baby girl.
AS this was Mr.. Roofs first child, ami
he on the shady side of 50, it created
general rejoicing and the happy father
dispensed cigars right ana left. Mere
dith Jones, a stepson of Rood, was ar
rested a day or two ago on "A charge
preferred by Miss Ida Frank, of Dun.
Kirk, who for two years had resided
with the Rood family. In the oxami-
nation Of Jones the fact came out tina:
he was the father OF the child in ques-
zion and that Miss Frank was the
mother. At the time Of The birth OF
the child Mrs. Rood pretended confino-
mcnt and successfully carried on thp
deception. Miss Frank loved the child
and wanted to be its mother by repu-
tation as well as in fact. when Jones
refused to marry her she caused his ar.
rest. He was held in $500 bail.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
A TIN MINE IN PERAk.
Primitive Methods That Seem Sufficient
for the Purpose.

for the Purpose.
We came to the edge of the mine, or
paddock. as II Is called, which, after
all. is nothing but a broad, open pit
with sloping sides and perhaps some
forty or fifty feet in depth; a poor
thing in the eyes of any one expecting
shafts and machinery and the elabora-
ton of western methods. but sufficient
for its purpose, as Chinese methods
are apt to be, says MacMillan's Maya
zine. Three hundred men clad in loose
blue coats and drawers and plated sun
hats three feet across are digging up
the pay dirt at the bottom of the pit
with great hoes and putting it on
fiat wicker baskets; others catch up the
baskets, slung one at each end Of n
yoke and balancing the load across
the shoulder, they carry them up to
the level ground vibrating in time
with their steps by narrow tree trunks.
notched with footholes, which are
placed at short intervals athwart the
sioping sides of the pit. Having gain
ell the higher level, they throw down
their burdens by the wash boxes and
u'SCeHu ny O'Ner DTluB'S at Il steady
trot in silent, orderly and unbroken
stream. The men at the wash boxes.
which are long, slopinG troughs OF
wood. throw in the dirt and by rak-
ing it back and back under a nicely
regulated flow of water they separate
the black tin sand from the spoil and
shovel It into tubs ready for the smelt-
ing house, while the spoil is flung down
the slope of the hither side of paddock.
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town like It in tho world. In a slight
depression in this great sand waste
about a hundred houses are huddled to-
gether. Not a blade Of grass grows
within many miles. Every pound #
food for man or beast must be brought
from TimbuCtoo. II cannot be called
m oasis, for there Is not a particle Of
vorduro. Still, it is an important
town, bocau'e it is richer in water than
any other place in the western Sahara.
The wells are numerous and some Of
them are very deep. but the best thing
about them is that they are reliable.
All caravans know that they are GER
tain to have all the water they want
when they reach the town of Arauan.
Many thousands of camels pass every
year through Arauan. They rest there
after the long desert journey. There
are many free negroes in the town. and
their chief occupation is to take care
of the camels. To the presence of
these animals is due one of the great
est plaques OF the place, a continual
swarm of the most voraCious flies. All
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cd for plundcring the wardrobes of set-
eral houses in the handsome row In
which the Brock house IL situated.
The girls. the elder of whom Is 20
and the younger about II, were re-
leased on bail ana Immediately depart
ed for the Brock country home. The
parents are heartbroken over the affair
and the friends of the family say II
was only n girlish freak, but the police
claim that the two girls are skilled
thieves and lied brazenly when CON
fronted with the evidence of their
guilt. At first Georgiana claimed that
little Florence had stolen the goods
and she had concealed the crime out Of
sympathy, but this story broke down.
The whole case Is most remarkable on
account OF the prominence of tn. fam
lily and the fact that the girls did not
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HEIRESS TO MILLIONS,
Remarkable story of n New Jersey W.
mans Good Luck.

FtoTy III ~ new Jersey No.
mans Good Luck.
Nine. Byzantine Gaudin of Wood
cliffe. \. j., has, ii Is reported, inner
tied $l7 ,O0O. 900. The New York Her
aid, which relates the story, says that
she was born in the midst of the Pyre-
mean mountains some fifty-eight years
ago. Her maiden name wac Byzantine
Marie Emanuel. She was left a widow
when quite young and found herself al
most penniless. Her aunt and god
mother at that time lived in Califor-
mia. and by the assistance of an Amer
can lady named Louise Jackson she
came to this country. On arriving here
she discovered the difficulty of finding
her godmother and earned her living
as a dressmaker. While thus engaged
a California lawyer called upon her,
representing himself as the executor of
the will of Mrs. Emile Pinaud, formerly
of France, afterward of South America.
was the lost godmother of Nine. Gau-
din, and had married a man named
Pinaud while in France, with whom
she had gone to South America, where
he engaged in the tanning business,
making a large fortune, which he care
fully invested. There was n child Of
his union. According to the law of
France the birth of a child leaves the
widow absolute possession at his death
of one-half of her husbands fortune.
Andre Plnaud died worth $3i, 000, 900.
Nine. Gaudin is heiress to her aunt,
and her fortune Is. therefore, ST.
non 0nn
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
Ricyciist Chased by n wildcat.

a san Diego wheelman while riding
IN the country recently made a narrow
escape from the fangs of a wild cat
which sprang at him from a tree by the
road side, The eat at once gave chase
TO the frightened cycler, but the ma
chine was too swift for the cats legs.
The disappointed assailant was soon
distanced. The twirling wheels of the
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
They Locked Their Husbands In,

James Pruett, Alex. Needham and
another mar were playing cards In a
box car ut Amity, Ind. Their wives
discovered them and locked them in
the car, Pruett fired "A revolver
through the side of the car, thinking
the lock-in was the work of men. The
bullet took effect in his wife's abdo-
men, The wound will probably result
fatally.
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The ~kind-hcarted man retreated IL
deep embarrassment. The human enig.
ma walked off laughing to himself
and chewing at his crust. Fiction
would not dare create n character like
that. 1t would seem too unreal. How
regrettable, then, that the character eX.
lists and that the story Is true.
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Evidently Easily suited.

Homely Lady-Oh, | guess you can
All the place, Ny husband is an easy
nan to suit.
New Cook Ito herselD-Yes, mum, /
IAN. readily believe il.
Homely Lady Ito herself-Strapge
she should take that for granted, but
probably she knows a superior woman
ike myself wouldn't marry a crank
Sew York Weekly.
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An Old Staging Canary.

j.. A. McGrath Of South Woodstock.
W., is the owner of a singing canary
u years old, which has sung all It's life
and now, though so inGrm from age
that it cannot reach its perch or sit ON
1t when placed there, it sits on the floor
Of the cage and pOurs out the clear.
sweet strains OF song from morning
till night.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
Hoat Made from Newspnpers.

o. ii. Venner, of Bluehill, Maine,
claims the distinction of having built
from newspapers three years ago what
is now said to be the best boat in town.
His material was thirty-six thicknesses
Of newspaper pasted together.
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~ 'liltu suites
were strangely mixed up by solemn
LONDON newspapers.
'iehry cabot Lodge was declared IN
sIt IN the senate for Nebraska. Senator
niii Chandler was ~relegated to New
ncAico by the London Times. and the
ran MAI Gazette wound up n pro-
iouhd dissertation on the situation by
me- words: president Cleveland
mas now nothing else to do than appeal
10 the country"
he cabinet, the constitution and
the supreme court were declared hv
various leading English journals TO he
'he sole hope of preventing war. and
'he London Chronicle waxed indignant
over What 1T called the American prop-
oS'tion to invade Canada from Mis-
souri, and other adjacent states"
fiardIy n the Venezuela excite
ment died out when the election of
ueiegates to the two national con-
'ehtlons began to again tax EengIish
EDITORS knowledge of our politics and
geography. A London evening paper
printed this item: "The democratic
convention at st. Louis will. it is
thought, declare for the coinage of
silver at a ratio of 1862 to I. There
were only a half a dozen blunders in
MS one sentence. but otherwise IL was
correct.
But while the English editors were
struggling with our political COM
pieXities, along came an Unexpected
event to still further tax their knowl-
edge and prove their undoing. This
was the tornado.
The Times, the Chronicle. the Stan
dard and other organs of London wis
dom had for several weeks been var
lousy placing St. Louis i'm various
parts OF the Mississippi valley, some
declaring that the republicans and 9TH
ers that the democratic were there TO
meet lin caucus" Finally it was set
tied that st. Louis was on the Mis-
sissippi river and was. as one journal
stated, the capital of Missouri" when
the tornado struck it and blew the city
a distance of nearly fifteen hundred
miles. More than a week elapsed be-
tween the st. Louis tornado and the
date of its issue of June 5. Yet this
grave, serious and dignified London
weekly presented to its readers a whole
page of alleged pictures of St. Louis.
over the heading in bold type:
TORNADO IN MASSACHUSETTS,"
SCENES AT ST. LOUIS"
The Scenes at st. Louis" which this
paper published have not been recog-
nlzed by anybody familiar with that
scy. High School. Olive Street" is
the name OF one OF these pictures,
showing a building in St. Louis which
has not been used for school purposes
for seven or eight years. AT the Water
Works is the title of another, showing
a scene on the Mississippi seven miles
from the waterwcrks.
The Elevator" Is the title of another
picture, although there are at least
twenty large elevators at st. Louis.
Finally, what looks like an old picture
Of the Capitol at Washington is intro
duced in the enter as "A Scere on
Fourth Street"
or course the ignorant editors of
these London papers will still insist
that their statements are correct. IL
would be as much as an Americans
life is worth to engage in a controversy
in England on the subject of English
ignorance generally.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
Four Generations Digging Collars.

A great-grandfather, grandfather
and father and son, all working to-
gether digging a cellar, was a rather
unusual family gathering in PASSPORT.
Maine, recently,
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Blaine's Bones WIN TIE Removed.

Next autumn the bones OF James G..
Blaine will be removed from Wash
ington and placed beside the grave OF
Walker Blaine, on Winthrop Hill. Au-
gusta.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
Rattiesnnkes as Fasters.

The big rattlesnake at Greenwich
Garden, Peaks Island, Maine, has just
completed an unbroken fast that lasted
q ycar
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Made lanes Ante.

Miss Emma Sexton of Mexico, Mo-,
is happy. She sued James Lyon for
$4,000 for breach Of promise and the
jury awarded her every CEN she de-
mapded.
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rs HARD TO EXPLAIN.
SOCIETY GIRLS BECOME
EXPERT THIEVES.


q y ST ~ ERABLE
excitement a =
created in New
York city when II
became known that
a and
Florence X,
two daughters OF
Henry Brock, who
is at the head Of a
agcn.
NO ba1 hpap urrpli-
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
IN A DESERT TOWN.
ARAUAN, A WONDERFUL SPOT
ON THE GREAT SAHARA.
It Il Nevertheiess Uninvitiny TO the
European Traveller - The Wells n
Boon to Tourists-Its Queer Inhabi-
tants.
SpoCinl Letter.

'''' 10 " plNtui' vi
a town which tie
explorer, DR.. I.cnz,
describes as "a hell
upon earth" 1t Is
about 100 miles al
most due north of
~Timbuctoo. In m
Of the largest sand
areas of the Sahara
desert. Perh n p $
here Is not another
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HE'S ALWAYS RIGHT.
,. BULL AS EDITOR OF AMER.
CAN NEWS.
The Republican National Convention Had
iy Mixed Up by one London Editor
For Free Coinage Mt i6e to I - Tor
nado In Massachusetts and scene, In
st. Louis.
NGLAND'S knowi-

NGLAND'S knowI-
edge of America
has been put to a
severe test during
the past few
months. First came
the Venezuelan ex-
citement,d during the
u of which the
geographical and
political affairs OF
the United States
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24
Not sudden.

He-I love you.
She-Well, 1t has taken you a long
while to say so.-Phkladelph!a News.
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4 Pretty Defendant.

Mrs. William Frederick Holcombe Is
the wife of a distinguished New York
physician, and her aged husband has
served upon her papers in a suit for
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24

Don't open the eyes under water In
bathing, especially in salt water
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-24

absolute divorce. lie names as core
Spondent Julian Greer. an artist. Mrs,
holeombe is now in Europe, and 1t Is
said that Mr.. Greer has gone there also.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-17
BUSINESS, MINING AND STOCKS

This ore seems to be a. free lead ore,
free from anthony, zinc or other base
metals. The country rock OF forma-
ton is lime of different species. The
ore occurs in large chimneys, breaking
through the surface
The Bonanza, Bullet Rock. Big In
jun, Wonderland and Overland are
promising mines with heavy outcrops
of lead and with splendid surround
ing conditions for developing into
heavy producing properties.
Some 1000 or 1,500 feet east of the
Bonanza is a. line of claims, eight in
number, which seem to be on the same
vein The ore occurs in large CHM
neys at intervals of from 500 to 5000
feet. At the extreme north end of the
lead belt is the Tickaboo, which adjoins
are three claims; then comes the Az
tee and then the Lizzie, all of which
have heavy ore chimneys coming to
the surface with excellent conditions
for making good mines. There are
other mines with good outlooks Tor
developing into producing mines.
There are all the necessary facilities
for reducing the ores in the immediate
vicinity--water and an abundance OF
pindon pine-which makes the best OF
charcoal. Farm products are album
dant near the mines The surrounding
district can furnish high-grade ores,
both dry and lead-bearing, which,
mixed with the lead ores of this dis
trict, would make a good grade OF
bullion. In my opinion this would be
am excellent place for a smelter plant
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-17
RICH GOLD ORE.
Line City to the Front as n Producer
of the Yellow Metal.

LINE CITY. Iron County, Utah, June
14.-As time progresses 1t is daily be-
coming more and more evident that the
New Line district rs destined to de-
velop into a great producer of the pre-
cious metals, and not only silver, for
the white metal was the first to be dis
covered here. but also gold, and our
camp cam now take up the popular
cly of 10 to L. for the district is now
on a firm bimetailic foundation, as
here we have both gold and silver ga
lore.
In the early history of the Line dis
frict the discoveries of rich silver ore
caused great excitement throughout
the south So far as developed these
silver deposits have proven to be per-
manent and the ore bodies increase in
size and value with depth. Already
two or three shipments of high grade
ore. running we'll with gold, have been
made, and other shipments will soon
be the order of the day.
The excitement incident to the find
ing of rich silver ore had hardly sub
sided. however, before the camp was
all asog over the big gold discoveries,
and now attention is being largely d.
verted from silver prospecting to
searching Tor the yelaOW metal
The Creole mine. one of the latest
of the gold discoveries, is owned by w.
]. McBurney, ]. H. Mcdonald and 9th
ers, of Cedar City. The Creole is a. true
fissure, the vein being about three feet
wide between walls. and the ore runs
high in gold. Samples of the mineral
have been sent to r. H. officer & Co.,
asayers, and the returns showed values
of &c. in gold and 26 ounces in silver
to the ton. The Creole is acknowledged
by all to be the largest and richest gold
property in the camp. It's owners will
make car load shipment of ore to
Salt Lake some time next week.
/ Mr.. McBurney has built a store
building in Line City and will soon
move his stock of tinware and hard
ware from Cedar City to this place. be-
sides which he Wild put in a stock of
general merchandise.
Work is being vigorously pushed in
all of the leading properties in the
district. and people are fiocking in here
in droves There is no further doubt
now regarding the future of the Line
district. Everything here is push and
activity, and the camp is bound to
come to the front as one of the great
est mineral producers in Utah.
What we need now. however. is a
| custom mill, and the man that puts
one in win make no mistake: and he
need never remain idle for lack o1
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-17
A SLUGGISH MARKET.
A Few Sales Save the Exchange
From n Whitexyash.

A Few Sales Save the Exchange
From Whitewash.
There was but very little activity in
the pit of the stock exchange yester-
day, and but for a little trading in a
couple of the unlisted stocks, the cali
would have been characterized by a
complete whitewasf.
Mammoth was strong in the bidding,
but buyers and sellers could not get
together. At the close this stock stood
at $3.S8 bid and So. 9211a asked.
Swansea suffered from a bear at
tack and broke heavily. This decline
was predicted in yesterdays Herald;
but it was not believed that it would
decline SO heavily; but sales were
made AT S2.19 and $3.50. The buyers
are undoubtedly safe, however, as the
stock will surely regain its lost posi-
ton within a month.
Richmond and Anaconda made sales
at 31a cents; while Dalton stiffened up
little and made some gains in the
bidding.
On account of the hot weather and
the sluggish market it has been sug-
gested that the exchange take a va
cation until the middle of September,
and it is Xix ely that some action will
be taken on the suggestion at an early
day.
The transactions of the day were as
follows:
SALES OF STOCK.
200 Swansea at $2.19.
100 Swansea at 81
1000 Richmond and Anaconda, at 49,
cents.
Total sales, 1900 shares
CALL OF LISTED STOCKS.