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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
RAMS HORNS.

One finger lost In a buzz-saw will do
for most men. but a fool will fool with
ii again and lose two.
The devil reaps a sure crop from
among people who expect to become
Christians after they commit one more
sin.
Let the priest and the Levite keep
out of the Jericho road, and fewer uu-
fortunates will be wounded and robbed
there.
Nothing was done by Lots home to
try to lift Sodom, and SO Lots home
was brought down to the leyel Of
Sodom.
A wise man can learn something
worth knowing from a fool. but a fool
Is made all the more a fool by going to
college.
Too many people claim to be willing
to serve the Lord who want to cay
what they shall do and whore they
shall work,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

Will be q stranger among strangers.
There Is none to whom he can turn for
sympathy, for aid or even for the op-
p%ortunity Of making a living. More
over, there will come to him. as never
before. perhaps, the realization that
his life, with all the opportunities
which It might have held. has all but
passed away.
Gov. Morton. before the expiration Of
Of George Z. Gordon. now in Dame
mora prison, to fifty-two years. 80
that he will be released on May 8 next,
the time of for good behavior being
allowed. Gordon was sentenced In this
city In 1866 to life imprisonment, after
conviction of the murder OF a stock
drover by the name Of Thompson in
the West Albany cattle yards. Gordon
was a resident Of G"reenbush and was
IS years Of & when convicted.
The application for pardon has been
on file in the executive chamber for
twenty years and was signed by some
Of the most prominent people and pub
lie officials in Rensselaer, county. Cor
don Is at present the prison librarian
Mt D%annemora. and his good conduct
during his long confinement, together
with the fact that he has always con-
tended that he did not commit the
crime. led to the governors favorable
action on the application for clemency.
Under the law at that time a person
charged with murder could not testify
In his own behalf. but he then de-
clared his innocence. He was convict
ed on circumstantial evidence consid-
cred strong.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
Robbers Invade u Convent.

Two men robbed the German Catho-
iic convent at Fort Smith, Ark. the
other morning and shot one Of the sis
ters. Sister Theresa was aroused at 8
o'clock by a.Ioise In the kitchen and
started to Investigate. She was in the
middle of the kitchen when a man
crcuching behind a stove shot her in
lie back Of the head. The bullet
glanced from her skull and made only
n scalp wound. but Sister Theresa suf-
fered a great nervous shock and loss OF
blood. Other sisters found her uncon-
scious on the floor when they ran into
the kitchen after hearing the shot.
The burglars took -four, sugar. coffee.
etc. They cleaned out the larder com-
pletely. No clew to the burglars has
been obtained.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
SPARROW, CAT AND BOY.
Lad Beat the Record by Acting the
GOOD Samaritan.


Good Samaritan.
On the southwest corner OF Frank
lin square a stately elm stands. 1t is
no lie to say trees stand says the Wash
ington Times. They have a deep-root-
ell conviction that their mission in life
is to stand. Well, this particular elm
stood. 1t still stands, and stands still.
At high oon n day there was a
crowd around the tree, but they weren't
watching 1t stand. They were used to
that. Away out on the topmost tip
Of a slender branch hung a sparrow.
Somehow 1t had become entangled in
a piece of Irvine and could not extricate
itself. This in itself was bad enough,
but there was worse behind. A big
black cat vas also out on the branch
and glazing hungrily at the sparrow.
The cat had crept out after the impris-
oned bird, until the branch, bending
beneath the cats weight, had warned
perhaps, a prologue to a fall. But the
sparrow didn't know this, and, while
struggling with all its puny strength
to free itself, it was piteously bewail-
ing its possible fate in sparrow Ian
guage. This a what the crowd was
looking at. The crowd yelled at
kinds Of things at the cat; but the cat
kept its hungry Eyes on the sparrow.
Then a small boy with a slungshot
happened along. Small boys with
%slungshots are not generally welcome
in civilization, but this one received
an ovation when he knocked the cat
off the limb at the first shot, which
shook the sparrow free and dropped
1t unhurt into the small boys cap.
which he held under the limb to re-
ceive II.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
shocking Carelesancss.

An Italian woman in New York was
splitting wood on a fire escape of a
New York tenement. while Rocco De
Viasco. aged 6, was playing in the yard
below. To'split a tough piece of wood
the woman laid it across the railing
and struck at 1t with all her strength.
The ax-handle slipped from her hands
and the keen ak descended with fright
full rapidity. striking the child square
ly on the head, killing him instantly.
When such accidents are made a crime
carelessness will cease.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

uraIly comes is that this man Will Do
almost overcome with Joy at the pros
pect of his release. But on second
thought, says the Albany Express
grave doubt arises as to whether this
unfortunate man will be even as con-
tent rs he must have learned to be In
prison when he Is again III In the
world, free to 90 where he pleases.
He himself probably has no SUCH u
now, but II Is much to be feared that
when the prison doors have closed be-
hind him he will realize what 1t Is
impossible for him to realize now.
At the age OF Sc years he Will be
utterly alone in the world. without re-
sources, without physical strength to
make his way through what little OF
life may remain to him. She that was
his wife. II she still lives, Is the wife
Of another, for he was legally dead
when the life sentence had been i'm
posed upon him and she exercised her
right to marry again: those who were
his friends all those years ago are dead
or scattered through the world. He
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

Some plants have not only roots run
ming into the soil from the bottom of
the trunk, but also roots running from
the branches or from other roots first
into the air and then into the soil.
These latter roots are in some sort
supplementary organs, made to aid the
roots properly SO called. and they take
the place Of the first roots when from
any cause the latter are destroyed.
In the case of wheat and In fact nearly
all of the grass family the stem gives
birth to new roots. In the tropical for
ests Of America and Asia grows the
vanilla. that plant SO much sought after
for its delicious fiavoring properties.
This plant is found timing round the
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
L.onr.Lo.. brother. Reunited.

Thirty years ago two boys named
Ellwood were sent west by the Home
OF the Friendless of New York. One
was left at Decatur, Mich, with Mr..
and Mrs. II. L. Thompson, who years af-
ter removed to Kaskaskia. Mich. The
other was left with Mr.. and Mrs. Hora-
ITO q. Samson at Buchanan. The lad
left at Decatur grew up to manhood,
married and settled at Kaskaskia.
Last month his wife wrote the New
York home for particulars concerning
his early history and found he had a
brother whose last address was with
a family named Samson at Buchanan,
Correspondence was opened up. photo
graphs exchanged and now the brothe,
mt Kaskaskia Is visiting his long lost
brother at Buchanan.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
Found Dead In tho Bushes.

A farmers boy at Hillhurst, Wash.
discovered the decomposed body Of a
man In a clump Of bushes about a mile
from town. In one of his pockets was
a check to a valise. which had been
sent from Seattle last April. In the
valise were found silk underwear and
a number OF photographs, a mark on
n of which indicated that 1t had been
taken In st. Louis. The letters o T +
were found upon n piece Of under
wear. Near the body were found an
empty whisky bottle and a %two-ounce
bottle with the cork out. There was NO
evidence Of foul play and 1t is consid-
cred probable that the man committed
suicide. A brand on the coat indicates
that II was purchased Of A. Garland,
Howell, Mich.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
SCIENCE AND PREsENriMENTs
'hcnomena Usually Susceptible of
Telepathic Explanation.

Phenomena Usually Susceptible OF .
T~eIepathic Explanation.
Nine times in the course Of my lifo
I have had what Is called a "presenti-
ment.' Eight times l wrote 1t down
at once before learning whether it
was true or false, and the ninth time l
spoke of 1t, says Appleton's Science
Monthly. Three of these were raise,
n partly true and partly false, one
was not verified, but probably false.
All these related to subjects In my
thoughts and were probably suggest
ed by circumstances. Four were true,
Of which one might have beer sug-
gested by circumstances. The other
three were not only true and not APP
parently suggested by circumstances
but were among the most agitat'ng ex-
periences Of my life. One drove me,
In spite Of the resistance Of my reason,
to take a journey which oeemed the
act of a lunatic, and proved the wisest
thing ! could do. Another impelled
me to write a letter to a person $50
miles away, to whom I had written a
few hours before, but who happened to
be in great trouble at the moment l
felt the impulse. The third gave me
absolute assurance that the very thing
was about to happen which believed
to be of all things most impossible. l
do not, of course, quote these few ex-
periences as proving the existence of
telepathy, but merely was illustrating
what l mean by apparently telepathic
phenomena"
The vast majority Of apparently SUI
pernormal phenomena are susceptible
of 3. ~telepathic explanation, but in a
few cases one is driven to other con-
ceptions. Sometimes knowledge Is
shown Of events not known to anyone,
and AZ other times a percipient will
seem to "s,e" things at a distance, or
to become aware Of events remote In
time.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

vent It. To consult DR.. A. they
had come thousands OF miles and on
his skill and learning the hopes of the
husband were pinned. The great ply
stefan asked a few questions and ex-
pressed deep interest In the case n
demanded that the patient be brought
to him.
but she has nc idea or all this!
exclaimed the husband, passionately'
III ! brought her to consult you as q
physician fear she would suspect
something and 1t would kill her. II
you will permit II I'll take her to call
ON you as Q collector Of antiquities. She
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
TweIye-Year.O Old Girl Lost.

On March 6 the parents Of ~12-year-old
Elva Ham placed her aboard the cars
AZ Vandalia, Ark, and tagged her by
a note pinned on her coat to her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Washington Nor
ris, Of Linton. twenty-three miles south
east of Terre Haute. Since her depart
ure from Arkansas she has been az
completely lost as II the earth had
swallowed her. The relatives are writ,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
Charlie Ross Found Again.

Charlie Ross has been found again,
this time at Bear Creek, Tenn. His
name is Aleck Woods, and he says he
was stolen by a negro. who sold him
to the farmer with whom he lives.
Mrs. Ross has been communicated
with,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

memories, hallucinations and mental va
carries as varied as the materia medica
or the penal code, says San Francisco
Wave. Uniformly courteous and grace
full Of manner, he afforded them such
assistance OF consolation as his skill
or sympathy prescribed and waxed
rich and popular as his fame expanded.
With the development Of fortune, for
his fees were in proportion to his
prominence, he cultivated a pleasing
taste for those precious relics of an
tiQuity in which m~illionaires alone are
privileged to indulge. He had in his
library a collection Of costly objects Of
art-invaluable coins, rare jewels, cost
ly s~tatuettes, inimitable trifles chased
by the chisels of great artisans Of an
tiquity. The fame Of his treasures was
loud In the worlds ears with the note
OF his skill and among collections his
was as great a name to c~onjure with as
among alienists.
One day there came to the residence
OF DR.. A an American gentleman
Of dignified address and that stateli-
ness of mien which is presumed to re-
feet lofty position and wealth. Ad-
mitted to the great mans Office, the
visitor introduced himself as a banker
who had come all the way from Chi
cago to consult him about the condi-
ton OF his wife.
At considerable length he explained
her misfortune-she was a kleptoma-
MAC. His life was a burden to him,
following her from store to store, con-
tinually guarding her reputation
against the encroachment OF her fin-
gers. Though 1t had cost him thou
sands his wife knew nothing, suspect
ed nothing OF her own weakness. Nor
should she ever know II he could pre-.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

trees like an aerial garland, Its stem,
long, elegant and flexible, a beautiful
ornament Of those solitudes. The sub
terranean roots Of the vanilla are not
able to supply 1t with the nourishment
1t needs, but nature has prepared a
means OF supplying the deficiency.
This means is the growing Of adventi-
tious roots at every little interval along
the main stem. These reach down and
increase the supply OF nourishment.
Not all Of these roots seek the ground.
but some float In the air gathering
moisture and gases which the plant
freely uses. The above Is an illustra-
ton of a vanilla plant growing in the
glass gardens Of plants at Paris
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

"Some fool editor suggests that In
these %troublous times every m
should go armed" That's a nice idea.
II a woman had a pistol she'd insist on
carrying 1t around in her hand
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
A Definition.

Little Niece-"What Is polygamy.
auntyg" Aunt MRS. Malaprop) -
~"Polygamy is where men have an ad
libertine privilege OF marrying a pleu-
risy of wives, when they can't take care
of n as she ought to be."-Pick-Me
I'm.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

The lines of human hands are never
exactly alike. When a traveller in
China desires a passport, the palm Of
the hand is covered with fine oil paint.
and, an impression is taken on thin.
damp paper. This paper, oficially
signed, 10 his passport.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
Badly Wanted.

Simmons--I wonder II the motor
car will be perfected in our time?
Timmins-I don't know. but I hope
so and that oon I've got of about
all the bicycle Jokes l can.-Indian-
apOlis Journal.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
Very Quick.

Mrs. Farmer-You say you are a suf-
ferer from quick consumption? Weary
Willie-Yes, lady; desc fve-m,nute
handouts is suthin' fierce.-New York
Truth.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

Ing letters to all parts of the country,
circulars have been scattered broad.
cast, and three railroad companies. ov-
er whose lines the girl is supposed to
have passed, have detectives at work
upon the case, but as yet there has been
found no clew.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
DEAD THIRTY YEARS.
CASE OF A PRISONER IN NEW
YORK LATELY PARDONED.
<ong Legal Exclusion from the World
20 he Followed by Restoration To Life
and Freedom-stin Maintains Els In
aocence Of the Crime.

Al II o u q II the
clemency Of former
Gov. Morton there
will o from
prison walls into
freedom next
spring a man who
has suffered a liv-
ing death for o
than ~thirty-one
a The first
thought that. nat
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

HERE prevails a
comforting belief
that the standing
army of crime is
steadily diminish
ing, and that, with
the aid Of school
boards and reform
atories, we are
making sure II slow
progress in COM
batting the enc
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

The Archbishop OF Canterbury Is pat
ron of 1s1 livings; the Prince Of Wales
Of twenty-ona.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30
ART OF %KLEPTOMANIA
ALIENIST PAID DEARLY FOR
INFORMATION.

Doctors Patient Never Came Back she
Took Several Coins, Jewels, Vases
and other Valuable Antiquities with
Her.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

OF so many moons
& there lived In
Turin a physician
noted far and wide
as a specialist OF
brain 8 Q ases.
Men and women
from all ends OF
the earth came to
him with their
troubles and all
ments, with lost
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-04-30

'~rhs Bride Elect" may be the name
Of the next Hopper operettA
The sun., 1897-11-13
HUNG UP By COMPTROLLER FITCH
Bills That the State Prison Commission Blust
Certify Refore They Can he Paid.

Bills That the State Prison Commission Must
Certify Refore They Can he Paid.
ALBANY. Nov. 12.-Comptroller Fitch Of New
York city has refused to audit bills aggregating
100000 for supplies and material furnished
various New York city departments. The law
provides that he need not pay bills for any
ticles furnished unless the Superintendent Of
Prisons or tho State Prison Commission ccrtifcs
that the articles could not have be n furnished
by the State prisons. The various merchants
and contractors whose bills have thus been
hung up some time ago applied to the State
Prison Commission for relief. and the commits
sion authorized Its Secretary, Mr.. Augustus
Sherman. to certify that all bills should be paid
which covered goods not manufactured In the
prisons.
Secretary Sherman did so certify large num-
her OF such bills, but Comptroller Fitch does not
recognize his authority, insisting that the Sta to
Prison Commissioners should personally certify
all bills for payment.
The commission held meeting to-day to con-
slider the matter and a number of persons hold
Ing bills against The city for goods furnished
and which have remained unpaid for several
months were present. They asked the commits
sion to take some ton which would give i'm
mediate relief. The commission agreed to do
this.
Tho commission finally determined to have
the President and Secretary Of the commission,
under ito official seal. certify tho bills to Comp
troller Fitch for payment.
The sun., 1897-11-13
Lehigh Valley System.

Stations foot OF West 23d st. penn r. RI Cortiando
.1ndicates time from NV Vest Esd St other figures
show slms from coT.PHdt sn9s or 9s,b.Ss,es
fo.MAucH CHuNH ard in!%rmedia,s @ stSti9ns
ira1GA' iritSaoN ;ESEyA. INV nociIE%TEk. BTFFHL9:
points dining car and lhar aaH car to B@nso '0o-4
,lOies. IO,a0 A. NJ. sundays only. for BOUND
.io,.s; lo.ao a; ~. daily, except Sunday. for
fo "nhAcK G DTaMoND T%a Ie'S' H'Is&s E&XPREss,"
45S p Ss sr yssiSuii ..s D1s
la carte connects at Buffalo with through sleep
:I@'ss. 1910 m r ~ daily. except Sunday. fos
MAUcH cHuYK And inssr%Sdate S points tsr rAsrox
nAGc cnUHS and ii the eSa %"k ,0'
F II rSSys sKSfgT snS pr
elpa Intermediate stations G9nneGts for all point"
In coal r'Sors: chair car & FOR WilSesDarre s,. ,,v
wkfpthRh SH SS fISsPe sG%%1S pne
coal regions Pullman BUFFET parlor Car for Wilkes
barre pv ,auv for r.sTov md ,nt.,-
.S'ss, s'l%F NJ daily except snn!sy; Esprs:.
tions. Connects for Reading and Harrisburg. Chair
"a sS' 5i0S p. NJ daily for BUFFALO. NIAGARA
FALLS, and AL pointe West Pullman sleeper vesti;
hue train \. Y. 10 Chicago. slceperst to bunaio ana
'T'"S. $50 NJ daily except Sunday. 81. stogPiqg Fi
HEN, MAuGh gHgNN l. a p ynNGTlGpE, II 81. "a hHfSEd
TORONTO. Pniimuu slcrl"r for Hunalo. None bus
sler ding car pa pncrs carried. No baggage carried
s;5b, $500 T.. 81. daily. for ITHACA, GENEVA,
ROCHESTER,, nj FFALO, NIAGARA FALLS and all
points West. Pullman sleepers to "ilAesbarro ana
Additional local trains daily, except sunday. for
BOUND BROOK and intermediate points. !eaye a.
follows; 's,55 500 A. NJ, 'l:j3. 2;3O. $780, i:2O.
and '5:55. $3.50 +, VI. 90,
Tickets and Pullman accommodations at II. 2el,
273. H5b. 81 A. aud I23 broadway, ~ T. ith st. l6o
j.. la5th st.. l27 Bowery, y, Y; $50 Fulton st"
Court ST. ~ Bway, aul brooklyn Annex, BROOKLYN
\. Y. Transfer CO. will call for amt check hAggags
from hotel or residence through to destination
The sun., 1897-11-13

The storm which was moving eastward over the
lake regions on Thursday had fits centre the New
England coast yesterday. where It became very
severe The winds were on shore, with veloctiea
ranging from fifty to sixty miles an hour. The high
winds extended over the middle Atlantic coast and
the lower lake region Rain aud snow were falling
In western New York. the New England States. and
Eastern Canada
In this city tho day was generally fair and colder.
x,th high westerly windsl highest velocity thirty
.,oht miles an hour; average humidity 60 per cent;
bighest oniciAl temperature a. lowest 40; barome-
tar corrected to read to seA level. at A. N. $685.
BP. n. 1918
Tho thermometer at the United States Weather Blu.
rnnn rerltered the temPeTature yestordAy as 0ows:
The sun., 1897-11-13
Welded IN Il POLICE COURT
Magistrate Kiauner Makes . Jew and q
Christian Mas aad wife.

Magistrate FIam1er Makes . Jew and .
Christian Mas aad wife.
Morris Gutenberg 81 years old, and Lillian
Cruikshank, 10 years OF age. went to tho York
Vile Court yesterday and asked Magistrate
Flammer to unto them In wedlock. They were
accompanied by Edward Rothohild, blind
man. and said they were in hurry to catch .
train for Hartford, Conn.,. where they wero
going to live. Tho young man said he was em-
ployed by Rothcbild, who 10 In tho produce busi-
ness in Hartford.
The Magistrate questioned tho couple to sat
isfy himself as to their legal right to marry. OF
tenberg, who is a Hebrew. said his parents
knew that he was about to marry. but intimated
that they did not approve of the marriage
because Miss Cruikshank was Christian.
Their approval was not legally necessary, as he
was of age.
He said he had known the young woman for
some time; that sho was an orphan, and had
been employed in a reputable calling In Brook
certificate was made out and the couple
stood be ore tho judicial desk for tho ceremony,
tho Magistrate suspending tho arragnment of
He asked each il they would "honor and re-
were speedily made man and WIFE,
Gutenberg forgot to kiss the bride until one of
the court officers nudged him and reminded him
of his duty.
Magistrate Flammer shook hands with tho
young couple and wished them happiness and
nrosperity v and they hurried from court to catch
their train for Hartford
The sun., 1897-11-13
Nassau Read Leases tho Concy Island and
Grayesead for 0OO Years.

ALBANY, Nov. IA lease for 900 years OF
tho Coney Island and Gravesend Railway Com
pany to the Nassau Electric Railroad Company
of Brooklyn was filed with the Secretary Of
stato to-day. Part OF tho Gravesend Company 3
lines are yet to be constructed, but the lease
Nassau COMPANY shall pny The eoss Of eonstruo NC
Ion and all taxes and assessments on tho
SraveSend lines and also the sum OF $l5O,0OO
next hye years or Rt the expiration OF that
period The lease is signed by p. Fl. Flynn.
Coney Island and Gravesend Railroad Company.
ana oy A. l.. Johnson, President. and W. +.
Ham, Secretary. OF the Nassau Electric Rail.
The sun., 1897-11-13

WARRINGTON FoNLUAhI FUH bATVHDAY,
For Massachusetts,. Rhode Island. and Connecticut
Dar,ly cloudy weather; cold. northw weSterly winds
with gales the coast.
For eastern NeO York. caster" FeHnsvlrdHta. and
N, lers,u pariIv cloudy: north hesterIv Irind HIGH
on the coast.
Por the District OF Columbia, Delaware, and Mary.
land fair sIightly warmer; northwestery WINDS be-
coming variable.
For western New York and western Pennsylvania.
GENERALLY fair high northwsstery winds. diminishing
N Gores.