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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
Once the Trick Didn't Work,

\ curious accident happened the
other day to Hermann. the great prcsti-
digitatcur. During his recent engage
mcnt he performed the old trick of the
melted watch-a gold watch being
melted down to a liquid. and then.
presto! given back to its owner unin-
jurcl. Hermann got "A gentleman in
the audience to lend him his magnih-
cent geld chronometcr. ana then. by
some mistake. which has not happened
before in the magician's life. the real
watch and the fake" watch got mixed.
and the gcntleman's chronometcr wa
badly damaged. There wss. Of course.
loud laughter from the audience. and
an angry protest from the owner of the
chronometer, who cried out that the
watch cost him $50. lis that all?" re-
joined Hermann. coolly. and bringing
from his pocket a wad Of bills. he paid
| the gentleman the $3.50 and proceeded
to the next trick.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE.
che Demand for Consumption IL SIM
below Expectations

Nrw YORK, April la,-R- e. Dun &
Co.'S weekly review of trade says;
The volume of business has not on
the whole increased, nor have prices
apprcciably advanced since April l.,
when the range for all commodities
was the lowest ever known in this
country. Breadstutfs and iron pro-
duets have risen slightly, but some
other articles have declined and tie
root OF the matter is that demand for
consumption is still below eXpecta-
tiOns. The number of hands EN-
p,oyed has been slightly lossencd by
strikes in some establishments and by
stoppagc or reduction in force IN
others, but the change during the
past week has not been relatively i'm
portant. The weather has not favored
active distribution of spring goods,
and uncertainty as to continued en-
ployment affects the purchases by
hands in u large number Of establish
mcutS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
TWO CONVENTIONS.
Kansas city Democrats split on the Gold
and SIIvcr OucstlOn.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April i3.-Thc
Jackson county Democratic conven.
ton for the selection of delegates to
the Sedalia convention split wide open
to-day on the financial question. The
Stone Brown silver faction and the
ants FLASHED on question of contested
city delegates, and Immediately two
chairmen were presiding. This
caused pandemonium To break loose,
and Tor n time unparalleled disorder
prevailed. The convention turned it.
self into u yelling mob that had no
equal in the record Of Kansas City's
politics. After il had tired itself out
it finally adjourned % allow the Lead
ers to confer on n compromise. The
ants offered to let the Brown.Stonc
men name the delegates il Marcy X
Brown and Fred Fleming, Governor
stones Kansas City managers, were
not on the delegation, but the brown
leaders spurned the offer. The two
factions then split and two conven-
tons were in full force in the same
hall, with the widest kind Of pande-
monium rcigniur.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
i'u.s Wa Blind Baggage.

Erie Bagsascmas,cr Ellison, OF Mid
dletown. y. V, has a cat which is pos
ing as a hero. The eat belongs in
Port Jeryis twenty-five miles away. AMI
crawled upon a truck under Il freight
car. The car was brought to Middle
town without stop. and pussy came TOO.
The jolting and humping Of the cars
failed to dislodge the cat, and when the
train reached here she was discovered
and released. The cat was half dead
from fear and fatigue.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
CULLOM MAY WITHDRAW.
The senator Calls ~ conference ~ Illinois
Friends.

Friends.
WASHINGTON, April ~IA.-Unitcd
States Senator Shelby NJ Clulom of
Illinois, whose state has not received
with enthusiasm his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for President,
judging from Mckinley instructions
in various congressional conventions,
has called for q conference with lead
ing Republicans of Illinois to consider
his continued candidacy. 1t was re-
ported yesterday that he had written
a letter withdrawing from the race,
but had decided to defer its pubiica-
ton, but later il was declared that he
had not prepared the letter and would
not do so until after the conference.
Cullom's friends in Illinois have in
formed him that he a have the con-
vention's Endorsement, but that 1t will
be by n small minority. Several of
them have, within the past week ad-
viscd him strongly to withdraw, argu'
ing that Endorsement by q little over
half of the convention would be worse
than nothing. The Senator has lis
tened seriously 10 these advisers, but
has postponed final answer until he
meet those leaders Of the party in
the state on whose original advice he
consented to be n candidate.
The convention will not meet until
April 20, and the Senator feels that
there is no need Of haste in acting
upon the question of withdrawn.
While he personally will not admit
that he has reached any decision, and
while he probably has not fully de-
termined in his own mind what he Is
going to do, his friends here, espc-
cially members of the Illinois dclcga-
lion, nre satisfied he viii in due time
announce his withdraw They con-
slider 1t al good Us settled that the
State convention will not he asked to
ipdorse him for the presidency.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
SHOT HER
Tragic Sequel to the i:oyce-tioward-
smith Scandals of Houston.

HousToN. Texas, April rs. - Last
night Frank Smith, u we'll known
young man Of this city, was shot and
probably fatally wounded by his wife,
Bertha Boyce Howard smith. One
bullet passed through his leg, the
other through his neck.
About "A year ago Mrs. Smith, then
the wife of William Howard. u cotton
man, of this city, eloped with Smith,
going to San Antonio, taking one of
her children and leaving one with her
husband. They returned, and Smith
and the woman's brother became in
volvcd in arhooting ntrray, no one be-
ing hurt. Reward and his wife
parted, and She married Smith about
three months ago
The Royce family is one Of the old
est and most highly respected in this
county, and the various sensational
happenings OF the past var have at
,ractcd a great deal of attcn' ion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17

Holt, Mo-, April 1.-THE stores OF
y. l. McGce ~ Son and Greason 81
Riley were broken into last night and
merchandise valued at SIS carried
away. This morning the dead body
Of o nan was found q mile south or
town under tho railroad bridge with
his brains oozing from n wound in the
head. lie is supposed to have been
one Of tho burglars and from all indi'
cations was murdered by his coinpan-
ions, rs fresh tracks were found near
by. Asmall memorandum book found
near the body with the name Of Dick
Flood, Gainesville. No, in IL, Is tho
only clue 70 his identity.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17

Lieutenant M"nocai speaks for the Mic
aragua Company aud Its Plans.

Lieutenant Mrnocai speaks for the Mic
aragua Company and Its Plans.
WAsuuNGToS, April l3.-Lieutcoant
a. Il. Mencoal, United States navy.
chief engineer Of the Nicaragua Canal
company, appeared to-day before the
house committee IN commerce, which
is Investigating the question, and sub
mittcd a review OF the report Of the
commission sent to the isthmus last
He said: The company re-
CARDS aud has treated the project as a
business enterprise, with a view to
commercial requirements, technical
success and financial results. The
board entirely ignores two OF these
conditions and considers IL from the
point of unlimited expenditures with
out any question Of financial results
and provides beyond commercial re-
quircments Of the present for demands
hat can be only rarely occasional.
The lieutenant said the board had
made "a hasty trip through the terri
tory. touching only here and there the
route OF the canal, when IT vas con-
v~enient and had an imperfect know
ledge of the physical conditions of the
problems presented and the work
already done. The plans of the com
pany were not for an ideal canal re-
CARELESS of cost, but for one ample to
satisfy the needs of III and
larger than any ship canal now in OPP
GRAFTON None of the changes pro-
| posed by the board was in tho inter-
est of economy or Of II better canal.
There was a long examination OF
Mr.. Mcnocal by members of the com
mittce. The company, he said. had
paid TO the ~Nicaraguan government
800, 900 for its concessions aud $50, 900
for its right Of way and nothing To the
%. n Z A..u rnrrnanalna
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
SEEDMEN MAKE CHARGES.
Chicagoans Accuse secretary Morton
The Oficiai Denies the Accusation.

Tho Oficisi Denies tho Accusation.
WAsHtHGroN, April l3.-The recent
closing of the contract for furnishing
seeds for general distribution by the
government has resulted in the filing
of charges at the Department of Agri-
culture by BrcSlan. GOODWIN Il Co n
Chicago seed firm, against Secretary
Morton. The allegations are that
their bid, though the lowest was re-
fused because the firm had urged the
passage of the resolution providing
for the revival of the distribution
OF seeds, Notwithstanding sec
rotary Morton's protests; tina, reports
furnished 10y officers Of the depart
ment to Secretary Morton, To senator
Proctor of Vermont, chairman of the
Senate committee of Agriculture, and
to Mr.. Wadsworth. chairman of tue
House committee, had been inanipu-
lated in order to show that the firms
seeds were below the standard; that
Assistant Secretary Dabnev had in
sisted ON the company, in case il re-
ceivcd the award, using the machines
of the Brown Bag Filling Machine
Company, and that Mr.. Dabncy had
decided against the company because
Of the refusal to do this; that the sec
rotary and his assistants had falsely
stated that the company refused to
Use its name on the seed packets.
Secretary Morton and the other
officials of the agricultural depart
mcnt absolutely deny the truth OF the
charges and say that the award of the
seed contract was based on q per
ccntagc of purity and g~crminative
power Of the seeds tested bv the de-
partment last year at Il time wher
there was no prospect of further dis
tribution.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17

ribbon. The rO-
tunda bchiud them was nllcd with
restless group VI young mon, all wear
ing ribbon or carrying flags. aud all
talking hoarscly and eXcitedly.
The streets in front Of the hotel. al
ready filled with tho dusk VI earthly
twilight. through which the street
lamps seemed spheres Of golden maze
wore much the same look. hut with
the difference that the groups TOOK lh'
form of n procession moving along the
wet sidewalk. Across the way the
shirts In the window OF the Gents
Clothing Palace" we're all VI the sam"
color IA the ribbons. The cntranc" To
the dry goods store further down was
draped with the same shade. Even thN
~bootblacks and n~cwsboyS, perhaps WIN
q view to personal benefit rather than
from any strc"g affection for the col
ltee. wore knots of the same.
The sophomore looked out ut the
moving crowd and tapped the moor
lightly with his cane.
Great game, wasn't it," he said,
hoarsely.
The Junior nodded. The fact that he
had heard the same remark from the
same source a dozen times in the last
fifteen minutes did not affect his APP
probation OF It In the least.
wrecked my voice. though said
tho sophomore.
IF it were shattered" said the Jun.
ior. in a thoughtful tone. IL might get
a little sleep In the morning."
TO this the sophomore made no an
swcr. He did not feel himself capable
Of convcrsing on any subject except the
game.
There were holes in their line that
you could drive N ice-waSon through
he said in sudden eXultation.
IL don't drive IN icc-wagon," SAID
the Junior, shortly. Then he turned
and looked at the clock above the desk
ITS nearly g." he said. Lets 80 anC
get something 20 eat"
The sophomore glanced ut him on
OF the corner OF his eye, and an instan
later became immersed in a study o
the toe OF his shoes.
I'm going downtown 10 uinner, II
said. hcsltatingly.
WHAT said the junior.
The sophomore repeated the state
ment with obvious embarrassment. TIL
Junior looked at him with witherin
scorn.
Didn't you tell me-" he said accus
ingly, that we'd take dinner together
go to the theater. and then catch tn
1870 train back?"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
Ono OF tho Frisco Robbers.

Sr. LOUIS, Mo. April IA man
whose name is thought to be Robert
Bell. and who is supposed 10 be N
OF the robbers who held up the Frisco
train at Sleepy Hill, Mo. April /, has
been arrested AZ Litchtield, III. lie
was taken after a desperate struggle
with u posse of officers, during which
he was shot in the arm. lie refuses to
tell the authorities anything about
hislseif, but from information re-
ceived ut the Wells Fargo Express
company's office, Bell answered the
description OF one of the robbers.
Two men who were with him escaped.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
wiz. and SON stabbed 70 path

DENVER. Colo, April 13.-E,hcn
Manager Alexander {. Miller Off he
Warner ranch, twelve miles East u
here, arrived home from the city this
morning. he found his stepson, aged
L., dead. and his wife unconscious and
bleeding To death. The boy had been
stabbed through the heart and the
woman had numerous wounds. The
house had not been robbed and the
motive OF the crime is q mystery.
Mrs. Miller was Millei's second wife.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
Born u Politician.

Prof. Jowctt once made a remark
which very happily indicates one Of
the strongest characteristics Of the latc
William Rogers: You always know
when Rogers arrives. because as soon
as he reaches the gate he begins to
talk TO your gardener. and when he
reaches the door he makes friends with
oar servant in the hall"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
Great Damage by Fire Bugs

HAVANA, April !3.-The insurgents
have burned the machinery houses Of
the central plantations OF Diana and
Barbon, g u Moralito, the approxi-
mate loss being 81, POO. 0UO. The insur.
gents have also burned 90, 900 on of
cane on the plantation of Santa Ger
trades, belonging TO Antonio Gonzales
Manl,,,
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
Mai. >. II. Finks Acquitted.

SALISBURY, Mo, April IS -- In the
circuit court of Charlton county the
case of Major j. II. Finks, who was
cashir Of the Bank of Salisbury, and
indicted for receiving deposits when
the bank was IN a failing condition.
was tried by Il jury and "a verdict of
not guilty was rendered. The case Of
MI. J.. H. BRENNAN, assistant cashier,
charged with the saine otfense, nolle
DrOsd
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
Against tho silk Hat.

LONDON, April r. Lord Ronald
Cover has written letters 10 the
newspapers urging the Prince OF
Wales aud the Duke of York To dis
card the silk hat rs being the ugliest
and most unhealthy headgear Of the
century," adding that il the princes
did 10. our classes are intensely snob.
bish, and would follow the fashion
adopted Nv a prince of the blood.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
Blg Mining Company Formed.

TOPEKA, Kan, April IA charter
has been filed with the secretary OF
state by the Colorado Gold and Silver
Mining Company, with headquarters
at Kansas City, Kan, The capital
stock is fixed at : $500, 900, and the di-
rectors are LEROY Harvey, j. s. Cald-
well, &. j. Woodruff and Thomas II.
Rowland, all of Kansas City, Kan.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
Shot His wife's Companion

SPIuSGFrELD, Mo-, April l3. Harry
Carson went home last midnight and
found William Snyder locked in Il room
with his wife. Carson broke open the
door and shot Snyder IN the breast.
Snyder cannot live. Carson is in jail.
Both are railroad brakemen. Carson
il the son of j. l.. Carson, q leading
grain dealer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
big Tree In Wisconsin.

a pine tree vas recently cut down in
Amigo, Wis, whose trunk measured
20 feet In girth, 100 feet in length and
= feet in diameter at the top. which
had been broken off. The full height
of the tree before being broken vas
probably 200 feet.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
Governor Of Nevada Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO, April Ex-Governor
Jones of Nevada died at the Palace
hotel in this city last evening. Gov
ernor Jones has been i'll for several
months and came to this city for med.
ical treatment
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17

way to his mouth and looked ut him
over the rim In ama2cment.
I'm the cousin NJ college whose name
you never asked" said the junior.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17

lue sOpnoihoic ohiIItu uu''Sis IA
his seat.
well you sec" he said, II hadn'
received this invitation then
"1'hat makes no difference" said the
junior, sternly. you made an engage
ment with me. Are you going to break
it,"
mo" said the sophomore. Only
'Only you don't intend TO keep it,
said the junior. "What'n do now
Wander about till train time?'
"Oh, you'll be all right said the
sophomore. "UL less some one takes
you for a hayseeG and bunkoes you.'
he added.
The Junior looked ~t,houghtfully up a
the electric light. Then he turned t.
the sophomore.
"Who is she?" he ASKED,
"It'l do you no good ID know" sai'
the sophomore.
II don't want TO know" skid the jun
for. WAS it the n on the G.oach"'
The sophomore nodded.
81 met her at the beach lastt Yaca
ton" said he. 81 never called OH he
here. but she asked NE to dinnesnVe
night. She has a cousin in corhis
/ never asked his name for fear h n
want me TO look him up"
A broad smile came over the'"SS
Of the junior, but when the sophd wor
turned toward MN he was pfema'ks OF
grave. IT..
you're going them" he asked o"'
YES" said the sophomore, Gil be
The Junior looked pensively Is apC
cane.
81 think I'll go with you." he,
The sophomore laughed. ,betiS
81 mean It," said the junior. "ting
see why shou'uh| alton
WHAT" said the sophomore.
"You could say that you had bhed
a friend with you." said the junidrces
would be all right. Shed under,b c;t,
The sophomore locked at him 4, -
as II searching for evidence OF !" su'
hut the junior was apparently islY a.,
est. ,n;aI
'I'd look pretty. wouldn't II" sal,
the sophomore.
"pve no doubt OF H." said the junior
"You always do"
1T would be the most c~old-bloode,
thing on record" said the sophomore
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17
DINED AT THE CAFE.

- TWO OF tho
| cat II err seated
chairs before the
big window of the
hotel the junior
and sophomore sat
side by side. Each
wore a large Chrys-
anthcmuGl and car
ricl a cane dCrkcl
with sire III
rihhpn. The re-
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-04-17

ead %veriiser. pa, carry
,rhis feature comnactnoss ,o,o,bou is 70 jun
b a reputation for accuracy in its / h. en-.
,lngs have made this book a stand. tmselt
q work and it is to be found on the white
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United states and Europe. In it thSt IN.
be found a list Of the leading pa. ..e.tSsters
Is and periodicals Of the United al
ties and Canada, arranged in AL. n.
'betical order by States ana towns don't
ting the politics. day of issue, cir. Amor,
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h city, village, county and state. don't
n addition to the general list OF
" aid weekly papers will DO found the
sial lists of class publications '"'
y said girl will think OF me' a.
The junior lifted an oyster ia "S
junior. fork and looked at II closely.
Don't worry about that" hF s"'u'
'ooded ~; tx It all right with her" H..
more. ise sophomore stopped his glass n"''
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1896-02-06
CARE OF MEADOWS.
stock should Not he Allowed 10 Tramp
Over Them ia winter.

stock should Not ne Allowed TO Tramp
Over Them Ia Winter.
Grass In an important part of the
farm crops, and when stock IL kept to
consume the various products of the
farm, from one-third to one-half the
acreage of the farm can he kept In
grass TO good advantage. But with
grass, as with all othercrops, care must
be taken TO make the most ont OF II.
When a good stand OF grass is cncs
secured, II will pay 20 give such treat.
ineat ns will insure good growth and
yiely. g.: a"". q =. 2%##.
While with all crops rotation ia
necessary, yet generally when good
stand of grass ia once secured. ii will
pay TO keep the meadows In grass as
long as profitable crops are secured.
The principal reason for this is that
1t is more difficult TO secure n good,
even stand of grass than of other crops,
and when once secured, good care
should be given to preserve it.
Seeding 70 grass is putting the land
in good condition to manure. During
Di'S h"ti ahu curly "LllcI Ilhilult SiAl
be hauled out and scattered over the
meadows with good results. The fall
rains and melting SHOWS will carry the
soluble portions into the soil, and an
increased growth and yield will be the
result. Care must be taken to scatter
the manure evenly, and so that it. will
not lie in Jumps.
Many good farmers consider this
one of the very best ways of manuring
cropped down land. A fairly rich soil
is essential to the growing OF good
crop of grass, and manuring is as nec-
essary with the meadows as with any
other part Of the farm crops.
One mistake often made in the man
agement of the meadows is in allowing
the stock to crop them down too close
at this season. The grass plants need
some protection during the winter, and
one of the easiest ways of supplying
it is by not grazing down too close in
the fall. The frosts will then kill down
this growth, which will act as a mulch
to protect the plants during the winter.
Then, stock should not be allowed
to tramp over the meadows during the
winter, especially when the ground is
soft, as this not only seriously Injuries
if it does not entirely Kill out the grass
plants, but increases the waste when
harvesting the next seasons hay crop.
st. Louis Republic.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1896-02-06
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