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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
4 Prediction About Railways.

The following prediction. made by
the Royal College of Physicians of Ba-
varia in 1885, is now IN record in the
archives of the Nuremberg and Furth
Railway. in that country. When it was
proposed to build this line, the ply
sicians of the country met and for
mally protested against it. "Locomo-
ton, by the aid of any kind of steam
machines whatever" the Bayarian
physicians declared, should be pro-
hibited in the interest of the public
health. The rapid movements cannot
fail to produce in the passengers the
mental ailment called delirium furios-
UNI. Even admitting" the protest went
on. that travellers will consent to run
the risk, the state can do no less than
protect the ~bystanders. The sight alone
Of a locomotive passing at full speed
sunices to produce this frightful malady
of the brain. 1t Is, at any rate, indis-
pensable that Il barrier at least six
feet high, should be erected on boLb
sides of the track
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
MISSIONS.

The annual report of the Morayian
church gives $50 mission stations. 400
missionaries and 93, 900 converts in
heather lands.
The native Christians in heather
lands last year gave $3.50, 900, more than
United States.
The last of the heather on Efate
Island are being gathered into the
church as the result of twenty-three
years faithful labor.
One hundred and fifty Chinese con
verts were baptized during the last
twenty months by Rev. Hopkin Rees
at Tientsin. north China.
As the American Baptist Home Mis-
sion society Is heavily ~burdened with
debt, the board of managers Of that
society, at a meeting held Sept. IA. de-
cided to make no appropriations for
missionaries salaries for the present for
a period extending beyond Dec. 81,
1896, unless the current receipts mea
time shall be very considerably IT.
creased.
The vast possibilities open to an in
dividual society Of Christian Endeavor
| are shown in a report that comes from
Geelong, Australia. The Yarra Street
Wesleyan society, which contains five
divisions and $50 members. has organ
lied a boys club, IA mems club, a birth,
| day league for missionary purposes and
n Sunday school home department
During the year 1t held POS cottage
prayer meetings, besides seventy-eigh,
| open air services; 4,25l visits We're pait
and 2,4SS loayes OF bread distributed
The Juniors provided an outing for on
hundred slum children, distributed Isl
bouquets of flowers and made more
than 500 visits. The other labors OF tn
society were on a proportionate scale.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04

A South American puma lion, the
iercest animal of that half of the hem
isphere, is the pet of little Miss Ethel
Curzon, the lj-year-old daughter Of
Captain Henry f.. Curzon, late of Her
Majestiy's service.
Damon is a fine. sleek and Gilkcn-
haired specimen of his tribe. He was
born three years & among the PAM
pas grass region Of South America that
- known locally as La pampa.
Curzon for years has been in that
country as the representative of an
English syndicate. He arrived in Phil
a%delphia the other day accompanied by
his daughter, and the puma came with
them, making the long journey in a
cage that was carried in the baggage
car.
Damon is the dearest creature
next To papa-on earth" said Miss
Ethel to n reporter. "lie saved my
life. and the debt of gratitude I W
him can never be repaid"
Damon Is a puma" said tho zap
tain. Here in Pennsylvania the early
settlers knew his %congcners under the
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
\ FRENCH BABY,
Legal %Formautics on the Birth OF -
Possible soldier.

Legal forma,itics ON the Birth of u
Possible soldier.
The birth of & new citizen in France
at once gives rise to countless formali-
ties and an avalanche of legal scrib-
blings, which would teach him, could
he but understand. that his country is
par excellence the home of legal cere-
mony and administration. says the
Century. Within the first twenty-four
hours notice of the birth must be sent
to the mayors office there Is such an
Office in every village in Franco. so
that the official physician may call and
make the necessary legal statement.
| suppose he want to convince himself
that the declaration already made Is
correct, and that the family. when 1t
announced the birth of a girl, was not
trying to screen a future soldier from
his compulsory service. Then the
father, accompanied by two witnesses.
goes to fiji out the birth certificate and
gives his child its legitimate, docu-
mented position, to which he or she
will be Obliged to have recourse in all
tllt GREAT dlIu ll'uutIily Ill the mlnOT,
circumstances of life, from one end of
il to the other. Without il the child
could not enter a school, nor draw lots
on entering the army. o get married,
nor be buried. The least mistake of
form would have most serious conse-
uuences; the baptismal names declared
must always be placed in the same
order on all future deeds. These are
usually saints names. | recall the
amusing anger of a young American
father Of my acquaintance who wished
to give his son born in Paris the name
of the great sailor DuQuesne, i'm re-
membrance of the avenu where the
baby had seen the light of day. and,
in addition, the family name of one of
his friends, which no Frenchman
could pronounce. All this seemed Sc
shocking and homogeneous to the regis
trar that the certificate was made out
only after interminable discussion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
POPULARITY OF SARATOGA.
Attraction Of American Watering Place
sung In London Papers.

Attraction Of American Watering Place
sung In London Papers.
saratoga Springs will always be pop
ufar. You have here the best of Amer
scan society. less exclusive than New
pert or Lenox, less mixed than Long
Branch and Manhattan Beach and vast
ly more representative than either, says
a letter in the London Telegraph. This
IL mainly due, perhaps, to the enormous
hotels, with their huge v%cr90das or
piazzas in front and vast garden court
wards in the rear. which Is he special
feature of Saratoga. These gigantic
structures are among the biggest hos
telries in the world. Two of the larg-
est provide something like 1000 beds
each and their lofty and. spacious halls,
drawing, dining and reception rooms
are all on a scale of corresponding
magnitude. Here all classes melt and
blend. Round the Enclosed garden
courts are built tiers of elegant apart
ments. each with its verdnda. while
every set of rooms on the same floor
10 N''lllll'd any a. 'OlAt6's Julltl
thOrne says a walk round the circuit
OF these verandas takes long enough
for a young man and m to become
acquainted, to get engaged and break
1t off again. This estimate Is so def.
mite that | hesitate almost to repeat
the cruder statement that one of the
c~Ourtyards measures seven acres. II Il
marvellous. however. how attractive the
Enclosures of these two great hotels are.
In the hottest afternoons the branch
ing elms and the sugar naples throw
their shadows across the green sward
and. I'm the cool. delicious evenings
when the bands are playing, the foun-
tains flowing and ladies i'm gauzy toll.
cites ~promenading. the scene is charm.
ing. Besides its agreeable society, lei
me say that Saratoga has many natura
attractions From New York you ap.
proach 1t as far as Albany by the Hud
son-the Rhine of America. Up this
river the blue tidal waters Of the At.
lantic flow as far as poughkeepsie. Or
both sides of the stream the banks
are lofty and well wooded. and all the
way along are dotted with villages anC
country residences standing in pictur'
esque Enclosures. sloping down very Of
ten to the waters edge. On the north
crn side of Saratoga are Lakes George
and Champlain, two of the prettiesi
of transatlantic inland waters. In
former days also the village, like Tun-
bridge-wells. owed it's reputation to the
springs. There are any number OF
them. They come bubbling mp from
great depths. charged with carbonic
acid. sodium, potassium. lithium and
calcium in varied combinations. There
was n time when people came here to
repair shattered constitutions by drink
ing at the geysers, or Washington
spring, or the Saratoga Nichy or Carls'
bad.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
STAGE

"She can do more in five seconds
with her eyes than Anthony ComstocK
can undo In five years. says James G.
Huneker OF Anna Held, the latest sen.
sation imported from Paris.
An English comedian says the only
way to successfully spring a joke on
British theater-goers Is to first an
nounce that a joke is about to be
sprung, then to spring 1t, and lastly to
explain that 1t fas been sprung.
Clement Scott, the famous London
critic, has a son playing in Days com
pany in New York in 1.-THE Geisha."
4 son of William Winter and a grand
son of Tom Haddaway, the famous
American comedian, are also in the
same organization.
1t Is probable that Tom Grogan,'
which Augustus Thomas aided Hopkln-
son Smith in making into a play.
may not be produced this season after
all. Considerable work has to be done
on it to get it into shape, as the FIRST
draught was far from satisfactory.
Boston is moving In the abolition OF
obstructive hats in theaters. One man
ager sends an usher to every offending
woman, Just before the rise of the cur
tain to ask her to remove the nuisance.
and in nearly every case she compiled
without ado.
Recent London papers have given
much commentator to a performance
~ Miss Keith Wakeman. an American
actress, who was formerly II Lawrence
Barretts company, and who weng TO
England some time ago with thas of
T.. s. willard.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04

Eventually II of the gauchos
on the ground with a broken leg. Her
pony, early in the hunt, had stepped
into an 'oculto' hole and thrown its
rider. Being unable to move because
of her fractured limb, Ethel had shout
ed for assistance, but her voice was
drowned by the yells of excited hunters
and the hope of rescue vanished. She
is a brave girl, and, knowing that a
search would be made for her as coon
AS her absence was discovered, she
made herself as comfortable as possible
and awaited the arrival of help.
"As night approached, and no one
came, she began to experience genuine
alarm, and when, about an hour before
dark, a puma-now her pet Damon
appeared and squatted down in the
grass close beside her, she gave herself
up for lost. The beast, however, did
not seem to notice her, and her courage
revived. She remembered that the
puma rarely, II ever, molests a human
being, and she began to hope that the
creature would 90 away.
After awhile the puma became rest
less, frequently going away and return
ing, and finally 1t stayed away so long
that she thought 1t had left her for
good. About midnight she heard the
deep roar Of a jaguar, and abandoned
all hope, for the South American tiger
is mans deadly foe.
by raising herself on her elbow, she
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04

name of panther, painter or cata-
mount. In California they call him
the cougar, or mountain lion.' DUP
ing the past decade and a half of years
| have had an abundant opportunit,
to become pretty intimately acquainted
with Sir Puma. The longer ! know
him the better | like him.
HE has been very unfortunate In
his biographers. They give him, 1t Ia
true, a high character for courage, but,
at the same time, because OF their ig-
norance Of his true nature, they impute
to him a cowardly fear OF man that
he is very far from possessing, He
will not, as a rule, defend himself
against man, and the gauchos OF the
pampas understanding and %appreciat-
ing the mysterious gentle instinct OF
this ungentle beast, call him AMIGO
del christiano.'
Damon was full grown when we
first became acquainted with him. he
was never captured, and. except when
we are travelling, is never restrained CT
his liberty. ! am on my way back to
my old home in England primarily to
visit my aged parents and incidentally
to place my daughter at school. When
| return to South America | shall leave
Damon behind. for 1t would ~ cruelty
to both to separate him from Ethel
For the past five years-since tae
death of my dear wife-we have been
living at a place called Saladillo, where
had an estancia. My daughter has
been raised to an active, outdoor life,
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04

bounding with the unexpected release;
and the mother turned again to the
woman. furnished her with q coarse
towel. and sent her 10 the wash house
for n thorough publication. Half an
hour afterward. with her hair hidden
in the muslin cap. her whole figure en-
veloped In the calico apron, a comely
was silently engaged in house
hold tasks. doing her work with such
rapidity and skill that the housewife
drew n sigh Of relief.
There's a handful Of towels and
coarse clothes left from the ironing
you might put the irons on, Mary. and
smooth EN- out"
The woman turned a startled face
upon her, and then went quickly for
the clothes; but somcthing-was II II
tear?-rolled down her swarthy checks.
mingling with the bright drops she
sprinklcd over them. when had she
ever heard anything but Moll? Not
since among New Hampshire hills "A
pale had lain her hands upon
the tangled Curls OF her little daugh
ter and prayed that some one would
watch over these way ward feet. lest
they should go astray. II made Mol
shudder TO think Of it.. What did she
know about joy in heaven over II
sinner and repentcth?
Silas Rogers listened TO the days
story as he sat mending a bit Of har-
ness with clumsy fingers, and among
his other thoughts he graspcd the idea
that his wife had secured a valuable
and much-nccded helper.
1T seems a risk to run said Mar.
tina, anNiously. and | don't know but
IT'S presumtuou5; there's lietty and
there's Reuben-"
And there's the Lord" said Silas,
stopping TO open his knife.
Yes said Martha. with II little
start, and | quite can't get rid of
what she said about the piece that was
lost. though. to be sure, the
that lost 1t ought to hunt it,"
she never does; folks are always
losing things for somebody else to
"''' 'hii many VI tItlu 'dH say
Those that thou hast given me I have
kept. right straight along"
But ii You lose your own piece look.
ing after other folks"
well, there's the risks, as you say,
but I'd rather take Il risk for the
Lord than agin him"
Martha Rogers took the risk for the
Lord. and he abundantly justified and
rewarded her faith. For the piece that
was lost becomes my piece" to the
heart that finds it again in the Mas
tors hand; and locking the story Cf
the wanderCr in her own breast. 1t was
only to the angels that she said, Re
ioicc with me-
And whon years afterward the wOm-
an herself said before the committee
of the church, Il am the woman over
whom there is II great JOY in heaven
there was not wanting those who
thought she was prcsumptuously claim
ing to be a saint.-Emily Huntington
Miller.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
The Spirit OF Modern Athens.

Modern Athens, which recalls In 30
many ways the Athens of ancient days.
has inherited from her the privilege OF
being beautiful and enriched by her
children. The public treasury was not
always very well filled in those times
any more than in the present, but
wealthy citizens who had made for
tunes at n distance liked to crown their
commercial career by some act of lib
crafty to the mother country. They
endowed the land with superb ediices
of general utility-theaters, gymna-
STA, temples. The modern city is like
wise full of monuments which she owes
to such generosity. 1t va easy to OBJ
tain from private individuals what the
state could not give. The Olympic
games had burned with so bright a lus-
ter In the past Of the Greeks that they
could not but have their revival at
heart.--"The Olympic Games OF 1885,
by Baron Pierre de Caubertin, in the
Century.
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is It likely? she said ilercely. "A
good woman! How should | be a good
woman? l tell you. I'm the piece that
was lost, and nobody ever looked for
me. II | was n good woman, do you
suppose | should be where | be-only
2S years old, well and hearty, and
every door In the world shut in my
face? tell you the man who wrote
that story didn't know women: they
don't hunt for the piece that's lost.
they just let 1t go. There's enough OF
them and don't get lost"
Poor Martha Rogers was sorely per-
picked, all the more thai her way had
lain so smooth and plain before her
that she might have walked into 1t
blindly. II she was a lost piece of
silver. II was not she who lost 1t: but
what II 1t were the Masters. precious
to his heart, and a careless hand
dropped 1t and left it to lie in the dust >
And what II he babe her to seek 1t. and
find II for him? Should she dare re-
fuse? On this very day, when she
needed so surely the help which she had
40 looked for in vain. had not this
woman been sent to her very door,
and was 1t not a plain leading OF Prov
idence? 1t Is a blessed thing for us
that we are usually driven to act first
and theorize afterward. even though
the after-thought sometimes brings re-
pentance. The bread was ready for
the oven and the woodboX empty.
You may fetch in some WOOD said
Martha Rogers, and the woman
promptly obeyed, filling the box with
one load OF her sinewy arms, and then
stood humbly waiting, Hetty came In
to the kitchen and began to clear the
table, but her mother said, go upstairs
and fetch a big apron and n OF our
sewing caps, and see II you can finish
up your dress"
Away went Hetty. her light heart
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
: THE PIECE THAT WAS LOST. :

II was n midsummer morning. The
grass was waiting for the scythe, but
after breakfast Silas Rogers took down
the old bible that had been his moth
er's daily companion for over eighty
years. and they sat reverently down
TO worship. The reading was that ten
der lesson of the wandering sheep, and
the lost piece of silver. and ended with
the heavenly rejoicing over the sin
ner that repenteth." and after the earn
est. though homely prayer, they were
ready for work. Abner, the hired man,
n Reuben. the boy. as they Start'd
out of the house. almost stumbled owe
n woman sitting in the doorway, ab-
sorbed In thought. Silas looked at her'
but did not stay to question her. Ann
when they were gone, she rose
abruptly and said, will you give me
some breakfast"
Mrs. Rogers looked at her. she was
a tall and not uncomcly woman oil
about thirty. but with something in
~dcnnably evil about her face. The hard
mouth. the bold, defiant eyes, repealed
her. yet II seemed as If at any instant
they might break into scornfnl' tears.
who are YOU" asked the good wife
coming nearer, with "A pan of bread
In her hand. Again the face darkened
and %lightened, grew hard and yield
ing, with the sudden declaration. II
am the piece that was lost
Martha Rogers had not a particle Of
poetry In her nature. but she had the
most profound reverence for the Scrip
ture. therefore the words both puzzled
and shocked her. But she was not the
woman to refuse bread to the hungry;
so she placed food upon the table, and
motioned the woman To a chair, say
ing, Set up and eat"
All the time hat the woman was eat
ing-and she did not hasten-her eyes
followed the mistress and Hetty, the
bright young daughter, until Martha
Rogers grew nervous and sent Hetty
to red up the chambers"
Twill you give me work to do?" she
demanded rather than asked.
who are YOU" asked Mrs. Rogers
again, simply to gain time.
IL thought you knew. | am Mol
Pritchard; they have turned me out Of
my house, burned it over my head.
and her eyes grew lurid.
What can YOU do?" asked Mrs.
Rogers.
Anything that a woman can do, OF
a mai | can work in the field with
the best of them; | have done 1t many
a time; but ! should like to do what
to be like other women"
Are you a good woman?'
The question came straight ana
strong. without any faltcring. She hal
heard of this Mol Pritchard. n woman
who lived alone in "a tumble down hut
below the sawmill. and won n meagcr
living by weaving rag carpets, picking
berries for sale, and. II was suspected
In less reputable ways; but Martha lto-
gers took no stock in idle rumors. II
she had not the divine compassion. she
had something like divine justice,
which Is altogether a sweeter thing in
its remembering of our frame than
the tender mercies of the wicked"
The woman lookedat her curiously-
mt first with a hooking smile, then
with a sullen. and at last with a defiant
expression.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
His Misinke.

Mr.. Foote 1.-THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
was it invented this walking through
the grass barefooted?" Mr.. Block
IL believe 1t was a minister" well.
he seems to have mistaken the kind of
soles he should try to save.''-Yonk.
ers Statesman.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
Freak Of Lightning.

All the doors in John kipp's house
al Cedar Bayou, Harris County, Texas.
we're opened and a lid of the kitchen
range was blown off by a bolt Of
lightning.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04
A sure Sign.

II saw Muggins on his front porch
this evening smoking a cigar; It must
be that his wife Is away"
What makes you think 500"
"Why, when she's at home he smokes
a brier-root pipe and tries to look eco
nomical.'-Buffalo Express.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-12-04

Rev. John Wier, after nine years OF
continuous labor in Japan, is soon TO
return with his family to this country,
The sun., 1896-09-09
CAN'T sWILLoW FREE SILVER.
Reclamation or Chairman Oaborn or the
fntnam County Democrntlc Committee.


Resien"tion OF Chairman Oaborn or the
f"tnam County Democratic Committee.
The action OF the Democratic County Com
mittee OF Putnam county in endorsing Bryan
and the Chicago platform has caused William
Church Osborn to resign the Craftsmanship Of
the committee. Mr.. Osborn was the Democratic
candidate for the Senate last year. and has al
ways been loyal organization man. He is par
ticularly friendly To ex-Gov. Hill.
Mr.. Osborn, in resiCninS seut this stincipg
letter to the committee:
Mr. WfHis 4. Gdno2 Secretary Democratic County
DEAR sir: There wa. substantial majority
2s taI DciiNSritiC County { Convention On Taurs-
day. Aug. -, for the endorsement OF both the
ticEethud the platform made at Chicago
1t follows tha. aggressive action for that ticket
ana platform Is expected from the Chairman OF
the County COMMITTEE. ! canuot take such
action.
consider, that the platform adopted at Chi.
Democracy. | believe that the free coinage OF
silver at III to would bring suffering and loss
TO every resident of this country. and particu-
lnry that II would lower the return. OF labor
30 Tar AS the plat form fails TO provide for the
payment OF Just debts in full. l consider il dis
honest.
1t had been my hope to strengthen the Demo-
cratic forces In this county this fall. and to OBJ
tain FOR our party the credit OF another on
siaught upon the corruption OF the ballot. But
cannot retain position IN which the slightest
AID Tor tie ioliy and dishonesty OF the Chicago
platform is expected from me.
therefore request you TO present my resirna-
non OF me Cha:manship OF the Democratic
County Committee. Yours very truly,
WILLIAM CHURCH OSBORN.
The sun., 1896-09-09
silver Democrat. on To. at s.ro,.

SARATOGA, Sept. s.-The silverlte element
was very much in evidence at the Saratoga
county Democratic Convention. which was held
at Ballston Spa this evening, and they ran
everything to suit themselves. Some of the
twenty towns failed to send delegates, and as a
democratic gathering the Convention was the
Popuiist gathering. The resolutions thnueh
reported rdx Hnon by committee were pre pared in
r. ~ H tamce DS the Convention Chairman James
Them Them u the light OF u great creation. After a
pream0le ana declaration as to Democrat,c
ae"all ana tho Chicago platform. They we're
hGopted unanimously. This Saratoga county
strncted TO vote for tho endorsement OF the can
uloates ana platform OF the Chicago Conyention