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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-30
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The London Daily News prints an
amusing story with reference to Mr..
Gladstone and civil list persons. Some
years ago Mr.. Gladstone had met a
possible claimant for a civil list pen
sion whom he believed to be in suffi
GENTLY poor circumstances, and had
almost decided 10 grant il. when he
received an invitation to dinner with
the person in question. This raised
some doubt in his mind. On the other
hand. 1t might he only n dinner OF
herbs. and 1t seemed hard to deprive
a public bcnefactor Of a pension be-
cause he was ready TO share his crust
and water. Knowing that in any case
there would he a feast of reason and a
flow OF soul, Mr.. Gladstone accepted
the invitation, and on the way pro-
pounded to his companion the follow
ing test: mo champagne, pension
champagne, no pension" There VAS
champagne, and the host lost his pen
sion. 1t was the dearest bottle OF wine
on record, for II cos the purchaser
$500 a year.
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his marvellous limitations OF The japan
Csc. Or here Is y plaque showing the
gateway of The Hague. with shipping
aud windmilis and oriental arabcsquc-
RE OF borders perhaps the very first
departure from limitations and the be-
ginning Of the national school IN this
center of the old Dutch qchOol Of paint
ing.
II was Delft that subscribed ouc-sixth
of The stock of the Dutch East India
company. and The good boat that rode
every sea. the Devil Of Dr'ft. that
brought back in It's hold the blue go.
micu fairncc of Corca. TO cOrrohordt.
the tales of Marco Polo.
What a marvel that must have been
to the good burghers, They were a
commercial people. The opuience OF
the brewers Of Delft had passed INTO a
proverh. Three hundred brewcrios
lined the delft. or ditch. as the conal
was called In the ve%rnacular. Sil,'s
and gold ratified in their ample peck
cts. Their good beer deserved better
ups than the coarse. red undergla2c
crockery made by Dutch potters.
The marvellous skill OF the Corcan.
the beautiful shape and luster sudden
~ developed n hitherto unsupported
faculty. Every brewer became a con.
noisseur IN ceramics. the profits Of his
brewery went into experiments with
c'aIs aud g%la2es, his son. instead OF
going into the counting-house. mixed
colors. copied the Corcan models on ma
tive clay. fired and tried by fire.
Wlthln NIFTY years the world wit
messed u transformation the most
commercial city Of Europe had become
IN" q artistic. Three hundred brew
'llcs, whose wealth was fahulDua. sad
bron closed and thirty pottcrirs graf.
unlly absorbed the accumulated wealth.
For pieces now worth 5000 were then
worth II hundred Dutch souS. Educa-
tion IN an did not keep pace With The
works OF art. holland Was iioolrd
WIN pieces of exquisite shape aud raw
ishing coIors at the price Of common
%crorkcrN. Onc-third OF all tho 5000
men of nclrt were at work in it.r pot
tcrios.
Tho first results. indeed, produced
but coarse, porous pottery, covered with
Il h'a'N coating Of Opaque ouamel or
staniiorotis aim glaze. Aside from it's
decorations this thick. pasty enamel
Is the chief characteristic. II a piece
OF the old Delft Is broken, the thick
enamel will be seen TO lie In the porous
undcrlaycr in II ilaky body. Tho carli-
est pieces were invariably ornamentcd
In blue. but later 1t appeared in poly
chrome decorations In red. brown,
yellow. purple and green. blended after
the true oriental method by laying osl
the primary cOlors. Albrecht de kei-
Ger was the most famous OF all the
faiencc decorators In polychrome. but
even he preferred the blue camicu gen.
orally.
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hand and wheel will recover It's cum
ming at the bidding OF commerce. or
the decorator be inspired to such splen-
dor Of design and exquisite dclicacy
of execution.
The prettiest, most characteristic city
OF Holland, once the third In importance,
and but lately designated az the city
Of tombs-the Dutch necropolis-li lies
two hours journey by canal from The
Hague and forty miles from Rotter-
dam. The way is all one plain of green
and fowery meadows crossed by long
files OF willows bordering the canals
and clumps OF poplars and alders. The
canal. by which you go silently through
a silent land. Is bordered by extensive
gardens and summer houses with
quaint gables. Here and there are seen
the tops OF steeples. whirling wings OF
windmills. and every now and then
the masts and sails Of a ship In the
distance. gliding by. Being on a mar
row canal. invisible across the fields,
II seems to be sailing on the billowy
bay OF grass, appearing and disappear
ing behind the trees.
The pale northern light gives the
country an aspect Of sequestered quiet.
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DOUBLE-BARRELED DREAMS.
How the Broker Deceived lis Listener.
Into SreJuluy

Into Sreduity.
They were discussing tho subject OF
dreams and the broker, after hearing
from most of the others, declined to
advance an opinion but said he would
relate a dream hc once had and leave
his hearers to draw their own con-
illusions. says the Detroit Free Press.
IL was Il young man of active habits
and anxious TO get rich by the short
est possible method consistent with
honesty. | found myself in the west
crn part of what is now the state Of
Washington. | met a rough miner who
said he was about to- depart for the Soc
ton where the Blewett gold mines are
now being operated and wanted mo 10
go along. His induccmcnt was that
We could realize 80 cents a pan at rla-
Ger mining. which was a dazzling DO
naiiZa. also met a man whom ! had
known In the east and he advised
against the project, because my pro-
posed partner was under suspicion. lie
had started ont on half IL dozen expo
ditions with some tcndcrfoot and al
ways returned alone, though nothing
had been proven against him. hut
resisted ali opposing advice and went.
The third night out we spread our
blankets early and laid down. for we
were tired and a storm threatened. Ii
must have been about midnight when
| had the most b~loodcurdling dream.
As plainly as ] see YOU gentlemen now
| saw that rough miner. who was ac-
customed In losing men whom he took
out. standing over me with Il drawn
bowie and about 10 plunge 1t into my
breast. | could not scream or move
TO offer resistance. The very terror of
the situation must have awakened me.
The cold sweat was pouring from every
pore and IL was only when | realized
the immediate safety of my position
that ! could move. Stealthily | moved
with my trappings 10 where my horse
was tethered, hastily prepared him for
the journey and soon went galloping
over the back trail. I imagined pur-
| suit but no shots were fired and my
escape was assured
Did the man turn out to be n MUIR
dcrer?'
What man? The whole thing was n
dream, | told you. There was a dream
within a dream. I wac never west OF
st. Louis In my life"
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A new lamp which has just been in
vented by ar Italian will, If all that is
said of it be true, Iring JOY TO the heart
Of the housewife. The lamp, which Is
declared to be no heavier than one Of
the ordinary kind, generates its own
gas. The cost, however, is only one
fifth that of ordinary gas, while the
illumination is as bright AZ that OF an
electric lamp and much whittier. A sin
gle lamp floods a large room with
light, and as, in addition, it is clean
and odorless, one cannot wonder that
both the electric light and the gas com
panies dread it's rivalry. But unfor-
tunately the promises of inventors are
not always carried out to the letter.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
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for drawing water. grinding -four,
washing rags. crushing lime or stone,
s'Cus TO gaze at u passer-hr. A small.
clean deserted place, its streets inter
sc,tCd Ivy canals and decorated 10y long,
Stin rows of trees. Clipped to u uniform
size. the ChimuCNs guarded by storks.
For "ou years II has not changed.
The view uf Delft 10y Van der Nicer In
thc museum OF The Hague might have
been painted Yesterday. Here l5,oOo
people live IN profound peace whcr"
there is room Tor twice the number.
Here It house has it's shutters entirely
closed. announcing Il death, while the
funeral |nnnouuCcrs pace the streets III
elegant black there Il pink silk bali.
covered with lace. hangs from IA door
knob. with Il bulletin above to tell
passing friends that mother and child
saving wood, cutting tobacco. making
the putrimouy Of the heir or the dover
Of the maid they bind the centuries
To those when they first became motifs
for u national art.
The spires Of Delft appear in the dis
lance, the pottery works on the canal
and the suburban houses. against the
background of pale blue sky tn" stccply
Lahl,d houses are set In lovely poly
eli; ONE, IN walls of red. crimson, rosy.
yellow paint picked out with white.
conscious ot their spic and span clean
ness. their ancient solldity and glaze
~ Yesterday. Every crossing has us
bridges of stone with white ratings.
4 dull aud melancholy stiffness per
Nadcs the town. tn, doors are closed,
the quiet Is phenomenal. \ servant
girl in gown of lilac print aud white
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muslin cap and apron lifts a rosy face
from her knitting on the shining area
are doing well. Above the dwellings
important storks fly, and round eyed
children implore their good Offices for
baby brothers and sisters. as small peo-
pie have done these hundreds OF years
before pottery was ever made in the
town.
Not IA house OF the 1000 but has It's
treasures of faience bought In the sew
enteenth century for Dutch sous. worth
now az many sOvereigns. They are
heirlooms. valued less for their worth
and beauty by their owners, perhaps,
than for their ancient and ancestral
use. Into any OF the better houses you
may go, II you have u letter Of intro
duction. and you will be received with
out enthusiasm indeed, but with a
stolid ~thoroughness of welcome that by
and by compensates.
II may be a small house at the end
of a street opening on a field and
washed by a canal-of one story only,
OF red washed bricks, with a pointed
facade and gables-and with an an
cient pair of lindens In front. There
will be curtains OF a dazzling white,
snowy steps, a tagged walk, a brilliant
green door, flowers growing to order
in geometrical beds, and the whole re-
fiected in the clear water Of the canal.
This Is the conventional hCme, modest,
discreet, cheerful. The barque laden
with merchandise floats beside II, but
there IL no %clatter Of hoofs, no rumble
of wheels MOI clouds OF dust. The
movements OF life are slow and silent;
the neighboring steeple announces the
hour with a food OF harmony. sweet
and constant as old custom and do
nestle affection"
The house will be exquisitely clean,
the door knobs polished as II but lately
from the shop, though worn smooth by
two centuries Of service; the staircase
dark with age, but with a surface that
reflects. Everywhere are quantities OF
china-jars and cups, plates and vases,
candlesticks and ewers. plaques and
nrns and saltcellars. and along every
ledge and vertical strip OF wall, against
a shining shelf, lows of plates. Pic
ture tiles about the mantel, panels, tiny
crockery stoves. all In the palest yell
low biscuit decorated In shaded blues,
the delight and despair Of the collector
of Delft!
For here is q piece dated 1911 marked
with the magic Ratchet, there another
with the elaborate sign of the Fortune
factory. In some recess, guarded LIKE
the Jade gem OF a Chinese mandarin,
a polychrome violin case OF tall Jar by
AlbTecht de Keller. who is famous for
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To Teach People to swim

A genius in Williamsport, Mass, has
patented a c%ontrivance to teach people
to swim. 1t consists OF an inclined
board on which the learner reposes.
His hands and feet are then strapped to
moved by a crank. When the crank 10
turned the limbs are compelled to make
the proper motions for swimming. The
idea is that after a short time on the
machine thu pupil will know the mo-
lions and can swim with ease aud
safety,-New York World.
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strength Of Eiah.

Some fish are possessed Of great
strength. The goose fish Is an odd dem
izen of the water. II has "A mouth well
armed with teeth. which opens nearly
the length of its body. This IL about
four feet long. When 1t lays Eggs the
number is between 10000 and $4,000.
The devil fish is so powerful that there
are instances Of small vessels being
carried to sea by them when they got
caught in the anchor chains. Two
finny monsters also remarkable for
their strength are the t%orpedoes, which
have enough electricity In them to kill
a man, and dogfsh, whose teeth are
SO strong that they can bite off a steel
hook. The giant cuttlefsh IL a native
of the coast of Newfoundland and the
North Pacific waters, and they are
able by their immense strength to seize
a fishing boat and drag 1t TO the bot
tom of the sea,
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ing relation ~ the scNes something like
,utirc geological epoch would lu
rcpri;,l Toy no nero variation Of
custom. such Is | have referred to-, is
comparable to it in point Of impor-
tancC, it would be u fundamental
change. jhc birth of Il new race. Then
there are u great many evolutionary
problems To be faced in connection
with II. suppose the movement tn be
confined To England. to that privileged
tract of the carth's surface which lies
within range of the speeches delivered
ut Exeter hall, how long would the new
Englishman he able to hold his own
in the struggle for life? No. my dear
ladies. | am afraid rour ideal is a
little too remote. Try again!
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Like the sleeping princess the pref
TEST city In Holland has awakened At
the kiss OF the fairy prince Of fashion.
and factories once more begin to line
the placid canals as they did in the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
when Delft was the frs, m%anuiactur-
ing city of Europe. Art is long II time
Is iecting Two centuries have but
served to educate MS TO tn" beauty of
Delft -faienrc. and IT is doubtful II It
will eve again cease TO delight the eye
though the numerous cheap, inartiSt-
ic limitations of /, are doing their best
to Kill it. Doubtful. too. Il TN" pottcr's
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HYsrEerA AND SUPERSTITION
rhriyed In the N,ddic Ages IN >urtL,
rrn Europe.

HYSTEPlh AND SUPERSTITION
rhrived In the M"ddic Ages IN >"r,t,
rrn Europe.
Mental diseases. and especially hy.
etcria. have, from the earliest times iH
the present. exercised a tremendous in.
tlucnce upon the current metaphysical
conception of the universe and upon
the whole mental development. and
that precisely because they not only
occurred sporadically, but. as we shan
Don soc, attacked the masses in the
form of cpidcmiCS and 50 became of the
highest significance and Importance foi
the life Of society as u whole, .aNs
Popular Science Monthly. Religious
enthusiasm and proneness TO h mNs'
tie and the occult formed, ever in thu
highest antiquity, an important factor
OF those degenerate and hystcrical in
diNiduals who entertained the dclusioh
that they were in communication with
good or had spirits. and who by that
channel Influenced the masses not n
little. A great number Of the priest
csses who delivered oracular responses
to the Greeks with strong Quaking OF
their bodies were ~psychopathic sub
jects undergoing the hysterical con-
vulsione well known 10 us to-day.
Hence epilepsy, which In those days
was not Disseminated from hysterical
cramps, came to he called the morbus
sacer, or sacred disease. Plutarch, In
his description OF the Pythian priest
css. dclincates the typical image Of a
hystcrical subject who. I'm ccstatic con
yulsion. stammerpd unintelligiblo
words. into which the priests injected
some serse. But hystoria, with its In.
clination to religious enthusiasm. wac
not limited to separate persons. On tho
contrary. we meet with II among al
peoples and in all periods Of history
and among all peoples We meet viii
II in the form of epidemic OF various
kinds. But never did this disease lind
u better or more fertile soil in which
to thrive than in the middle ages OF
northern Europe, marked as they We're
by ignorance and superstition, and, ac-
cordingly. We find that epidemiCS OF
hystcria then assumed dimensions SUR
passing those Of any similar outbursts
in other centuries. \ great many fine
books have been written about tho in
diyidual and epidemic craze~ OF those
ages. The French have made particu-
larry careful researches into the mat
ter. Calmeil describes a great number
Of hystorical epidemics of di1ercn;
forms. One of the principal eruptions
in Germany was demonomania OF t,u-
fulswahn. I'm the year 15i9," says Cal
neil. "a delusion called vaudoisic pre-
vailed in Artois. that the devils car
ried many secretly in the night 10 the
assemblies. where compacts were made
with Satan. without knowing how,
the participants Of the nocturnal meet
ings found themselves next morning
back in their dwellings"
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Fixing Him.

Young L~ady-Father, this is scandal
Gus! The idea Of a man OF your stand
ing coming home In this condition!
Old Gentleman-Couldn't (hic) help II,
m dear. Met zee young feller | would
MT let you marry an (hic) had some
drinks wiz him and he's such a good
Teller / said he (hic) could marry you
right off, m dear" Mercy! Where is
he?" Dunno, m dear. Pliceman took
IN off hic) in wheelbarrow.'- New
York Weekly.
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DOG JUMPS THROUGH A PANE.
Locked Up In An Ohic. BuildIng and
lheered by u Crowd.

Mike is a biz yellow and white dog
of uncertain breed. He Is also uncer-
tain as TO who owns him, and haunts
the Fuller building, a big Office struc-
ture at Montgomery and Hudson streets,
says the New York Times. He sub
sists OIL free lunches, all the saloons
in the neighborhood being on Mikes
route. He knows all the barkeepers
and they all have a good word and a
sandwich for him. The dogs only
other affection Is for policemen. When
he sees an officer in uniform he always
makes a rush for him. In some way
he got locked up in the Fuller building.
When day broke Mike was looking out
of a ~second-story window OF one OF
the Offices apparently wondering how he
was to get out. Several persons stopped
to look at Kim. Just then a policeman
came aloIc and the dog solved the
puzzle by jumping through the glass.
He landed OH the coping under the win
dow. The policeman vent for a ladder.
While he was gone the janitor arrived.
He opened the office, dragged Mike
through the window again and sent
him down the stairs, the crowd APP
plauding.
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AMERiCA'S YOUNCESTCoLoNEL
Harry MnIiigsn IL n Msm,sr Of GOV
ernor iiradi-y's STAN,
Louisville Letter

Louisville Letter.
The youngest colonel In America livcs
In Louisville. Little Harry Muliigan /,
only IL years old, but he Is a full.
fiodged colonel, and IL attached to the
stan OF Governor Bradley. II il the
first time In the history of any state
OF the nation when circumstances
might have been such that a child
could officially represent the governor
OF Il commonwealth, and no man Ave
times his age could deny his right to
do so. W the governor of the state Of
Kentucky and the Lieutenant governor
and half a dozen other functionaries
became suddenly III at the same time
the duty OF officially representing the
governor would fall upon Americas
youngest colonel. who il at present "A
member of the Official state family.
Colonel Bradley, one day u year be.
fore he was elected governor, passed
through the corridors Of the hotel.
where young Harry was standing talk
ins with a companion. Harry saw him
and in return to his greeting, "How do
you do. Colonel?' received from the
future governor the remark. How do
you do, Harry? Glad to see YOU"
who is that gentleman" asked
some guest IL the house of Harry.
Quick az a flash came the reply, THAT
is Colonel Bradley. the next governor
of Kentucky
The colonel overheard the remark.
and turning to the boy, asked him to
repeat Il. which he did.
"All right. my boy. II that prophecy
comes true said he, II will make you
a colonel on my stan"
Everybody apparently forgot the re-,
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Knocking OnI the Irnna.

A Georgia darby, being told that
someone had invented a voting ma
chine, exclaimed: Oats des like desc
white men. After awhile hitN git so
a Niger CANT make a dollar outen a
election. Dey's des knockjn' de props
frum under u.s.
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Knot .Juaf Right

Everything seems TO be all right.
remarked the gentleman on the scat
fold. Yes, everything is in wriggle.
with perhaps the exception of this fall
necktie.'
The fall. 1t may be added. was about
six feet.
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DELFT AND IT'S WARE.
the PLACE WHtEE BEAUTIFUL.
POTTERY - MADE.
Special Letter.

III nluutru craze
tor tn" beautiful
blue CHmi,u ware
uf Deli, has given
new lease of life
10 rcpNs most
sweet tow with
bridges and u river
in every street, and
awindmin or masts
and sails ut the cud
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P0RTRAITOFNEN MAN
WOMEN SOUGHT IDEAL SUr DID
NOT FIND HIM.

Eritish View of tho Great rroblcm
Creature Who Would Ic Too Ba>hfuI.
Too unintcrcsting aud. Perhaps. Too
Good.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-30

There IL a gentle silence, a repose Of
Inc and color inexpressibly soothing
to the mind after the vivid warmth of
the south. As majolica expresses Italy
so the camieu blue Is the natural hue
Of the Netherlands.
Every bit OF scenery Is ready for a
plaque or loving cup, needing only an
ornate border, Dutch mills, large and
strong and full Of sturdy life, Of stone
with shingled superstructure, round or
octagonai, with matched roofs, wooden
galleries and green dooys. Unhurried,
VT t!reless. with all the time there Is
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-30

A great deal Is TO be pardoned In the
excitement of a campaign, but some
thing ought TO be done when a McKin-
ley poet makes care IT, rhyme with
"tarif."-Ex.
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HARRY MULLIGAN, AGED 10.
mark until after Governor Bradley's
surprising vicotry Over all opposition
in Kentucky. Nobody seriously con.
sidered 13-year-old Harry Mulligan
candidate for the ~colonelcy until a few
weeks ago, to the surprise Of every.
body, and to the recipient more thar
any one else, Governor Bradley issued
a commission 10 Colonel Harry Null.
gan OF Louisville, Ky. That is how
Kentucky anne to have the younges,
colonel in America, and how Governor
Bradley kept his word.
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q far. the ucw man
does not appear to
have come. He is
f~oreshadowed. out
lined. Indicated In
resolutions passed
at conferences of
advanced ladies. and
his Silhouette fits
through III pages
of an occasional
magazine article
pinapatiup from tho
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The Ave o'clock tea is the grub tat
makes the butterfly of fashion.
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1896-02-20
.woMEN.s PosTscnPTs.
Reasons Why They Are So Prsae to Write
Them.

Reasons Why They Are So Prsne to Write
Them.
why women write postscripts" is a
problem that has been engaging the
attention of one of the London woman's
weeklies. The answers betray that the
sex understands itself, sad does not
mind exposing its amiable weaknesses.
AL are from women who ascribe,
among others, these reasons: Because
they seek to rectify want of thought by
an afterthought;" Because they are
fond OF having last word;" Because
they write before they think, and think
after they have written" Our corre-
spondent puts down the feminine p S.
to the same cause (which leads women
toprolonged leaye-taking in smnibuses,
namely" and rather profoundly it ap-
pears to the casual observer, ''that
they lack organization of thought" "
Another woman comes to the de-
fense of her sisters with the
suggestion that when women have
anything special to communicate
they know that their P. S. is equiva-
lent to N. B." and yet another friendly
soul turns a neat compliment in her
reason: Probably because woman her
self is the embodiment of the P. S. in
the scale of creation, she-the ndispen.
sable-was added last"