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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
ON THE 3 CAR.
Mrs, Softer Conde-,cnd, TO ratroniss
u aud Then wishc. She Hadn't

From Scribner's: The car started
forward, slowly. but with that rapidly
increasing speed So misleading to the
upright traveller. Mrs. I.oftcr leaned
dcfcrcntialiy toward her SNOWY VISA
Wis, and laid her hands clressingly up
on his shoulders. Then they bounded
gracefully toward the door. with n step
tina! was neither a waltz nor a polka.
but which was executed ~ sicM per-
feet timc that the ordinary observer
would have suspected Il previous re-
hcarsdI. Although differing widely in
color and in social standing these two
travellers were, for thc time being, ccr-
tainly in movement. This move
mcnt was perhaps more of a galop than
a polka, and although hlrmoninusly
executed became u little too has,y at
the finish. The exhibition was brought
to a close by her partners back coming
III violent contact with the jamb of Tho
door. Although tho dance itself was
practically over. Mrs. loitcr continued
Tor u Omcn to press heavily against
her dnSky partner. and 10 one unlC-
customcd to these ~conycyances her ac-
ton might appear OF questionable
taste even II prompted by the warmcst
affection; but to those familiar with the
Broadway cable cars there vac nothing
unusual in this performance. except.
perhaps. the costly attire of the lead
ing lady, and this added a certain
novelty and richness To the general
eject. As Mrs. l.oftcr. hot with indig-
nation. released herself and stepped
away from the grinning object Of her
carCssca. u sea, "a offered which she
gladly accepted. once in It she had
leisure 10 look about.
Although ~iuwardly revolving against
the sichcning episode In which, to her
everlasting humiliation. she had just
taken so conspicuous a part, her glance
swept the row of opposite faces with
naughty composurc. She bit her lips
and there was defiance in her eyes
~ she noticed a general smile through
out the ear. Having no sense of humor
herself, this ChecrfulncsS seemed the
acme OF human insolcnCc. -
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
a College Girl, Too.

She was a college girl OF lofty ideas
and superior attainments, such as col
lcSc girls have in their early days.
When she left her family to rest in the
mountains for awhile, she said haugh-
tily:
NO; I'll not take an evening gown.
And please don't put any of that paper
covered literature into my trunk. |
have come philosophy TO read and |
don't intend to mix with the hotel
people. Nature, my work and serge
frocis are enough for me-"
Then she departed. At the end of
four days her mother was startled By
a telegram. II read:
Send two party frocks, a hammock
and some reliable face powder at
once"
So easily are love of nature and love
of labor overcome.-Exchange.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18

You are The last man in the wC'll
whose mind | would think ohsculcd
by tho clouds OF mysticism replied
The rich Mrs. Auslyn. his friend and
patron. "ICu have never shown any
patience with the charlatans who pre-
tended to expose and cXpound the 80.
crets that a wis" Providence has or
daincd W. should not fathom And yet
you are taxing our cyeiulity with a
statement that would I've marvellous.
|. true"
i must insist upon my veracity in
this instance" smiled the artist.
Now, don't stop to argue. mamma
urged the elder of the Austyn girls.
There Is a story in this. and after Mi.
RobeIey has told it YOU can reclaim
him from the darkness of his supersti-
tons and air your theories. Now d.
tell us all about it, and three pretty
sisters sighed their curiosity in chorus.
Just so you don't ask me to cN-
plain" said tn" artist with a qui22i'ai
look. 81 shall give you the remarkable
facts ana leave you to wrcsrle with
them. Eight years ago | was in Paris.
l'' sums ny o''i''l' - d'Ii ilHNI ll' Alt'
of Il Bohemian from choice rather than
from necessity. We fellows held the
responsibilities Of life very lightly and
laughed at all human phenomena that
would not yield to the test of material
ism. was chief among the sCoiicr5.
and found borp-ficcd fraud in every
thing from cla~irvoyancy to the pierre
Ing Of the future through the medium
OF tea grounds.
Then as now | occasionally broke
entirely away from my usual surround
ingS and was n day sauntcring alone
through Rue de Bougcs. AS | passed
one of the most prctcntious houses |
was startled by n scream for help and
dashed through the open doorway to
find a woman battling with flames that
with great leaps and flashes were con-
suming the white draperics of what
struck me as "a ccnsoCrated altar out
of place. Our combined efforts soon
mastered the incipicnt Coniagration.
AS the woman anointcd my hands with
some soothing lotion | saw that she
was as dark as a gypsy. Her hair rip
pied back from her forehead in waves
OF blue black, her eyes were brilliant
in the same deep coloring, and her
strong, even teeth suggested polished
ivory. She was an amazon in size. yet
the sweeping curves of beauty were
such as to fascinate the artist while
her motions were as supple and grace
ful as those of a tiger.
"'iou are "a gentleman. and there l.
but II way in which | can offer re-
turn for your services She said as |
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18

During The rest of the year tho pup
was daily exercised, On May u OF
this year whitley and his Alcut took
the net away from the mouth OF the
cove. ana. according to tn" programmes
laid out. struck out In deep water for
the island OF Onga, IL miles away. The
voyage was made without mishlp.
They artcrward made a voyage from
POpoff to Kariuk Island.
Il g. the plan OF Whil,y AM his
AlrUt. according 20 Cul. Blact, % leave
fer San Francisco Epinc IN oJ.y stages.
J. VIII probably ho september | before.
'.Cy reach Sla Francisco.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18

at the edge of a wooded prccipicc over
looking IA charming spread of land
scdpe. The velvet Carpcting Of grass
ana moss had failed to warn me ~
approaching footsteps. and when |
turned II was the startled movement
.ansed by a ha'I suppressed scream.
Ihtr" we're two Ndics. the elder anNi-
cusly supporting the younger. whose
Taco Wa bllnchcd and whose eyes were
fastened upon me as though | were a
terrifying apparitiou. II was the girl
'Ie Indian sCrccrcss had shown me in
Paris, but what did she know ~ ne,
KS she sank down under the weight
of her emotions | fastened to a near.
ny spring fer water. ami when | re-
tu,n'i her eyes were upon IN" in that
same iiNct ana troubled look
what can he the matter. dirgh.
ter? You have alw9ys been ~ s'rOns
and so vigorous
"'Ie your namN Henry Norton
asked the younger of ne. without heed
inc the mothers question.
1T Is Wilton Rubeley.' I responded
quietly. At that instant it flashed up.
on m" that in a desire to conceal my
identity | had given the name OF Henry
Morton to the fortune teller. Then
with the inspiration of an anxious
lover | added; But | have a cousin
of that name who bears "A striking re-
sCrlblanCc To me
MY immediate reward was a revival
of strength and spirits on the part %
the Young lady. Tho mother intro.
duccd herself as Mrs. Gilscn, her
daughter as Miss Gilsen. and then said.
Lucy, VT had best get back to the
hotel
Lucy Gilscn?' and yet It was her
presence that had been Conjurod up as
my bride to be. She was the girl pf
my sketch and my dreams. The next
day | called at the hotel TO inquire after
her. | called often. We walked, drove,
painted and LoatCd together. | came
10 know through the intuition Of love
that she was not Indifferent To mo.
One evening as We drifted lazily
through the water lilies she handed
me Il sketch of myself and asked: Is
that a picture of Henry Norton
Its perfect | answered though
dimfoundod. 4 shadow OF anger cross
cd her face, and she was about 10 tear
the picture to pieces when | caught
her hands and suddenly showed the
reproduction OF herself that | had made
in Paris. II was her turn to be sur
prised, and when ! told her of my ex-
pericnce at the fortune teller's on Rue
de BouScs, giving her the date. she
quickly exclaimed:
"'Why, | VAS there with Marcia Ar
mold. Mamma and | did Europe that
season, and we two girls visited that
Indian princess just for a lark. That
was where ! saw Henry Morton. whom
! was told fate had dccrcel as my fi-
ture husband
Before we rowed home Il was all
explained, and the sequel If our
strange experience was a haI y mar.
riagc. Tho dusky prophecies Tho had
confused the name Of the TO girls
was n cultivated fraud. II v 3 all a
trick Of the mirrors, ladies'"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
MEPHISTO, THE FOX.
i just Vengeance That Was not sac-

%Ccssfui.
Here cDmcs Old Mcphisto himself.
Look at him, %grinuns as he trots along
and looming red against the white of
the snow. says lougman's Magazine.
II is Ro>rard. following in poor. old,
crazy MIR. Harc's tracks and tracing
every deviation mace by that amiahly
eccentric individual at a slow hut
steady trOt. This viii bring him close
10 our ambush unless he detects our
p%seatn,' here, tie certainly looks very
handsome. though extremely wicked
TithIl. That grin Of his Ia Il most dil-
hoiic grin. T. says as plain as words.
~ Shtl have this loot Of a hare to-day,
he's E'ftlLg ag cracked az they make
ON and he Is close in front Of me at
ihls moment and when I've got him
:1dl gly' him what-for. because hr
has i'd me many a dance for nOthin.
ia. ha' Just a lituo extra nip ana Il
bit Of worrt won't he yoll,'
Sow, | am going to shoot this COX
for several reasons. The first is. that
| shall not be hanged for 1t in this
country indeed. no one will think the
worse Of mo for the act, but rather the
better. Then he is the evil genius OF
many worthy forest people besides the
lilly. OIL Nr. Hare. II H. difficult TO
believe such things Of any me. but |
have il on the best Of authority that
this m!Scrcant is in the habit OF muir
'erinS that heroic lady. the Grey ,ion
tutfN nf .NpI hlu.IH,,1A a. Oh, Attg
upon tho nest which il shortly 10 be
filled with the little hOnOrablcs, her
sons ana daughters. She will not fly
IN order to escape his fangs. bat pre-
iers 10 stand by her eggs until her flesh
Is actually pierced. and when self
preservation at length asserts itself
not a. The .rst but as a subordinate law
ot raturc-and she tries 20 escape It
Is too late. II is also true that this de-
tcs'ablr ogre OF the woods has fattcnod
his red carcass upon the helplcss.tooth-
some little ones of the willow grorec.
the wild duck and even Though I
scarcely dare to breathe the dreadful
Words upon the august little persons
OF the young caperCail2ic princelings.
surely all this Is evidence enough for
the death warrant of such an arch trait
or and rogue. He shall die In his sins
and many lives shall be saved thereby
during this coming springtimc. Wait
q minute. Let him advance just "A lit
lie nearer and then we will speak to
him in the voice Of doom. Now chem
up with our guns and let them execute
sentence upon the culprit, But the ,ul-
prit is an exceedingly willy culprit end
the CLINT OF the sunlight upon the bar
rels mas informed him in an instant Of
his danger. During that one instant no
has turned and Is now n streak OF flee
ing, fleeing red pigment, dancing in
and among the pine troes-an es.
Gaping convict.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
WOMAN BATTLING WITH THE
FLAMES.

iIS-NHlESo.
.urned to leave. Her voice was soft
as the notes of a lutte and her accent
gave unsupported charms to my mother
tongue. i was born Of royal blood in
India. Through study of the sacred
Nedas and the pure doctrine of Karma
attained the power OF divination.
Your people would classify me among
fortune t%ellers; but | am poles apart
from the vulgar humbugs that trade
upon ignorance and superstition.
Promise you will come tomorrow. for
I am upset by this accident. Then |
will be both your historian and your
prophet. | shall M on you, m'seur.'
Though | mentally sneered at the
woman's p~retcnsiOns and lay awake
half the night assuring myself that |
would never seek her out, | was at
her door ten minutes before the ap-
pointed time next day. She had either
assumed her professional air or was
under the spell OF her supernatural
attainments. | will not describe the
Inner Temple of Mysteries to which
she conducted me, but in the weird
effect of its hangings, mirrors, grotes-
que carvings and mythical symbols II
challenged The most hardened skepti-
cism. Throwing the white light of a
golden lamp upon my face with a pow
erful reflector, she generalized upon my
past life as any shrewd judge of hui
man nature might do. Then suddenly
knitting her brows and leaning closer
she slowly spelled out Marcia Arnold
THAT is the name of the girl you
will marry she announced in a dreamy
voice, and there you see her.
With that the lights faded to the
dimness of deep twilight. and there
followed the darkness of a dungeon.
Opposite me as if in life was the i'm
age Of the sweet and beautiful
you know as Mrs. Robeley. Never be-
fore had | been dominated by the ten
der passion, but there | was fathoms
deep in love with what might have
been an enchanting illusion or a SUI
perb painting. So deeply was ! i'm
pressed that after leaving in a bewild-
erment of doubt | sketched the magni-
dcent creature so indelibly impressed
upon my memory.
Eighteen months later | was in
southern California enjoying the medi-
cinal virtues OF the climate, and find
ing subjects In some OF the delightful
scenery. One morning ! had my easel
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
JOSH BILLINGS PHILOSOPHY,

COmik writer's are allwuSs expected
the effort TO be so, are often very silly.
Book-larnins IL good. but too mutcr
ov 1t konkokts kruiitys. which have
been known to sour on the intelektual
stummuk.
What little | kDo hav larnt bi mix
ing with the medium and lower klass-
es; dimonds and fine gold are oftenesi
found cluss to the bedrock.
Nj natur prompts me to make fust
advances. ! hav often been snubbed
krewelly for this, but ! kant help II,
kan |? | shall fife it out on this line.
Yu kant allwuss judge bl appear
aEces. | hay often known a whole
shirt to be compozed e~ntirely ~ a pa
ger collar and a pair oy cotton wrist
bands.
] hay allwuss notissed that thoze
circles which are the most exclusive
hav but little individual strength: mu-
tual admirashun IL the pap that sus-
tains them.
haV generally notissed that the Old
bachelors who Civ themselfs up ea-
tirely to the service oy the ladys are
allwus ov the nuter gender. The VIM
min never fall in luy with theze phel-
lcws; they are too safe.
The saddest sight in all the world to
me liz a broken-hearted manly mana
proud and robust oak riven bi ~litenine
from Heaven.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18

have II m,5rlry,ci. Is nov bCiuG
!riyen 10 san Francisco. httu,5soi 90
a boat and driven by hts ,ip'ovs
down the coast through the water, o..
the ocean.
The whale, named B"lshuy. an Meat
word for immcHar. wds captured ia The
spring OF 1871, when q ca,r of som. Is
81 ~ months old. Il was then ohJGt
Is or Ii f"., Ions, and. though so yluis
md small. VAS possessed Of cons, !'i-
able strength.
During a chase for whales by white,
ma Indians. It was driven into Pirate
'ovc. tho entrance to which Is not over
100 feet wide. though il Is fully twenty
'athoms i"cp. john &. Whitley. store
keeper al the island. Immediately
stretched across the mouth OF the cove
1 strong wire net. SHORTLY aitcrwari
Whitley and his native servant attempt
II to feed the animal, and were sue
cossful. whitley rugged mp a walrus
bladder. 10 which was attached six or
sever foot of rubber tube. About half
1 gallon 81 cows milk was put in this
improvj ci nursing bottle, and Whitley
and Ei,gAa put it in a hilnrka. or
canoe. and padded alongside the pup.
which by this time would allow them
to come alongside him with their boats.
After several hours Of patient coaXing
the Indian succeeded in getting Bulls
hoy to drink from the rubber tube.
When the bilarka turned for the shore
Bulshoy followed close behind It,. More
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
A Foolish Question.

4 gentleman travelling in England
some years ago, while walking near a
railway, encountered a number Of in
sane people in r!arge of a keeper. Nod
ding to one Of the lunatics he said:
Where does this railway go to-" With
a scornful look the lunatic replied: 1T
doesn't go anywhere; We keep it here
TO run trains on, "-Philadelphla Amer
lean.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
LENGTH OF LIFE.
Comparative Longevity Of Mon In DIFF
ferent Lines Of business.

Some interesting facts and figures in
regard to the comparative length OF life
of men in different lines of business
have been prepared by DR.. George w.
Wells, A.. NJ. VI. d.. one of the best
known medical directors for one OF the
largest life insurance companies in the
world, says an exchange. DIR. Wells.
who is about to publish in book form
the results Of his many years cx-
%pericnce as a medical director,
has arranged the following ia
bic, showing the comparative mortality
Of men between the ages of % and 65
years. The table represents many
thousands OF deaths which have been
tabulatcd and the percentages are
based upon every hundred deaths
among clcIgymcn, the longest lived in
dlyiduals. as IA class, of which there Ia
any record. There Is twice as good
a chance that a minister will reach
the age of 60 as that a doctor will.
Clcrgymen, priests. ministers ......109
Mcdlcal
FdIllcTS
Agricultural laborers
fhrdenerS
ri"h''Hh'H
Commercial clerks. 173
Commercial travellers. ............17
lEnkeepers, liquor dealers. ........2E
Inn hotel service. 1897
BreWerS
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
A D,ssenter.

The voice OF the people" said the
man Who was aching to talk about the
coming election, the voice Of the peo-
pie Is the voice of God
Rats" said the man he had cor
nored.
Beg pardon?'
Rats, said; RATES, rats. Just wait
until you have been compelled to de-
eide a home player ont at third . few
times and then you will know how
much ice the voice OF the people cuts,
Ycs."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
The Wrong Man,

Bill the Biffer-What's d. object o!
dis organization Nv yours, mister? Mis-
sion Worker-To rescue the fallen, my
man. Bill the Biffer-Wcll, don't talk
ter me; I'm no bicyclist. -Roxbury Ga.
2ette.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
THE ARTISTS STORY.

TELL y0u, ladies'"
declared handsome
and cynical Wilton
RObslCy. the artist.
II fortune tJllr,
showed me the i'm
age Ci my wife two
years before | ever
saw her in the flesh
ana thousands OF
milcs from the
place | first met
her"
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
ThOnghtful Provision.

Hojack-Li Hung Chang always
carries his coffin with him when he
travels.
Tomdik-What did YOU say was the
name OF the umpire?-New York
Wos!!.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18

Much disgust is felt at the demands
OF the Australian banks for modihca-
ton of the scheme of compromise en-
tered into by them three years ago with
their creditors.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-09-18
Probably.

Probably.
She-What would you have done.
Harry, II I'd not married you?"
Harry-Gone bankrupt.-Judge.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-09-19

mangel. Rape can not be sown with
grass-seeds as it will shade the ground
80 much as to wholly prevent the grass
from growing or SO smother it as to
kill it completely in short time. Rape
is leafy, spreading plant, that will
completely fill the rows If they are
three feet wide, being much like a
cabbage, but with the leaves spread
ing, instead of making head. On any
good farm, and under management,
flock sheep will pay their winter
feeding In the manure they will make.
Give them lots of straw, and they will
convert it into the richest kind of food
for crops. While we are buying about
all our wooden goods of England, to
the ruin of our own mill men and i'm.
poverishment of our operatives, the
great and good statesmen of that
country are rsying us for the prac-
teal freedom of the American market
by devising legislative schemes for
shutting cut our sheep and cattle.
Thirty tons of roots may be grown ON
any good acre of land by the right cul-
tivation. This will feed 80 sheep for
200 days, or 200 sheep for month.
This will supply two-thirds of the feed
Ing. For the future ewes the twin
lambs should be reserved. 1t is not at
all necessary that twin lambs should
be discouraged on account of inability
to rear them. Better ewes, trained to
it, are all that is wanted to rear twins
successfully. The training is done by
feeding. Sheep are not robust ami
mails, and drive of 80 miles on a warm
day Is altogether too much for them.
The effect would be to tire them and
develop disease of the lungs, but most
especially by the overheating produce
congestion of the skin, and by injury
to the wool cause the dropping off Of
1t. This. however, is only temporary
trouble, which the sheep will get over
in short time, but it will not save the
wool already on the sheep. 1t will
surely cause the loss of lambs at wean-
ing time.-American Sheep Breeder.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-09-19
Honest Gen. Jacksorso

In Gen. Jackson's time man who had
16 ounces of silver could sell them in
the market for one ounce of gold, and
so Gen. Jackson, who was a square
dealing man, approved the cottage ratio,
putting 16 times as much silver into a
coined silver dollar as was required of
gold for gold dollar. But the large
quantities of silver produced Of late
years and the improved and cheapered
process of mining it and extracting the
pure metal from the ore have 10 reduced
it's. value that it now requires 80 ounces
of silver to buy an ounce of gold. If
Gen. jackson were alive, he would not
be caught in the company Of the cheap
money advocates who wish to put50
cents worth of silver into a dollar and
pay 100 cents of debt with it. He adj
justed his ratio to intrinsic value, so
that all the dollars in the hands Of the
people should be real dollars. wsrth as
much after they were melted by fire as
they were before melting.--Philadel-
phia Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-09-19

writer thinks that it is a mistake
OF the residents of large cities to sup
pose that they enjoy peculiar advan-
tages over the people living in the
country, in the increased facilities for
travel, for mental culture and for the
refining influences that are generally
supposed to accompany it, that are to
be found most largely developed in the
city.
There are, says the same writer, top
portunities in working on the farm to
earn comfortable living and save
something every year, for many thou.
sands in the cities who now spend
every dollar they earn, and who are
sure to continue to do SO, while they
expose themselves to the city's temp
tations. 1t is a mistake to suppose
that in the country, and even on the
farm, there is not better opportunity
to really cultivate the mind than there
is for thousands who have nc time to
read or think in the city. The variety
which nature offers is a constant
stimulus to thought. There Is far less
routine work on the farm than
there Is In the monotonous clang
of great machinery which almost ope-
rates itself with. the smallest care ON
the part of the operator. The person
who is really anxious for mental i'm
provement can find it in either situa.
ton, but its best opportunities will be
found in the country"
In addition to the conditions favor.
able to observation, reflection, and
profitable reading. there is an atmos.
phere of freedom conducive to inde-
pendence of thought and action to
which the jewellers in cities and towns
are strangers. A large per cent. Of
the men and women who have risen to
eninence have spent their early days
on the farm. The farmer who is out
of debt can withstand financial panic
which would send large per cent OF
other business men to the wall. Life
on the farm is conducive to physical,
mental and moral growth, and it is to
the farms that the country looks for
rugged honesty, independence and un-
swerving patriotism to so direct the
affairs of government as to promote
the general welfare and to secure the
blessings of justice, peace and liberty
to every citizen of this great republic
journal of Agriculture.