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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22
INDIAN
The Courts Playing Havoc with Customs
OF Marriage.

The Courts Playing Havoc with Custom.
of Marriage.
With most of the plain Indians mar.
riage consists simply of picking on,
the maiden. leading her to a cabin oil
wigwam and installing her as mistress
OF h house and corn-feld, sometimes
with the necessary preliminary of pay
Ing the father a pony or two or an
installment of blankets and occasional
ly with some slight ceremony per-
formed by a chief or medicine man,
says the st. Louis Globe Democrat,
And when the brave grows tired of his
partner he can get rid of her as easily
as he won her. The people who are
o flocking to the Dakotas or Okla
homa to get divorces would be SUI
premely happy II they could throw of
the calling bonds Of wedlock as easily
as does the reservation Indian. The
TACT having been formally announced
by the head man of the clan the d.
vorce takes place when the tribe is
gathered at a dance. When all are as
sembled and the circle formed, the dis
contented warrior strikes a drum used
by the jewellers, gives away a few pres
ents (ofttimes making a present to the
squaw he intends to take next and
then in a short, bombastic speech he
stigmatizes his wife by giving her over
to tender mercies Of the other braves.
while they look upon him e~nviously and
consider that he has performed an act
or bravery in his desertion. Often as
many as half a dozen divorces are thus
obtained at a single dance. No tedious
waiting, no courts, no lawyers and no
trouble about alimony or the custody of
children. And the squaws thus cast or ,
as a general thing. seem to take Il as
a matter OF course, and before the close
OF the dance are using the wiles known
and used by women the world over
In an effort to repair as speedily as pos
sible the break In their hearts and
matrimonial experiences. With the ak
ing of land In severalty and putting on
Of citizenship, however, the Indian finds
that he has cemented the ties that were
so loose before, for the courts every
where are deciding that the tribal mar
riages are legal and binding upon the
Indian who becomes a citizen. And IL
the weight of n legal marriage wears
somewhat heavily upon a white man,
how must 1t be with the red man. who
has contracted two. three, four or even
more alliances which the court now
declares legal and at the same time
takes away his former avenue of re.
lief?
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22

gone on watch. which did not improve
his situation so far as regaining his
job was concerned.
The watchmen confess that within
the compass OF an eight-hour night
watch they have plenty OF time to array
before them In orderly mental fashion
the mistakes of their past lives, and
they are a unit in expressing the be-
lief that the strain of sitting still and
doing nothing for exactly one-third OF
each day, year-in and year-out, would
drive them mad were not the time
broken by the complete round OF their
beats. which they are required to make
every thirty minutes.
At the end of each Of these rounds
the Waterman touches his electrical
button, which informs the lieutenant
OF the watch at his desk at the main
door that everything is well with him.
The watch patrol, consisting Of four
men detailed for this duty every night
In each watch, and whose duties are
similar to those OF police roundsmen.
are on tour through the corridors all
the time. partly for the purpose OF see
ing that the watchmen are alive and
alert. and partly to attend to the sys-
ten OF electrical button registering.
which they in turn are obliged to car
ry on to indicate to the lieutenant their
W wide-awakeness.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22
BOOK TITLES.
An Amusing Chapter of Literary His.
tory Might he Written.

An Amusing Chapter OF Literary His
tory Might Bc Written.
An amusing chapter OF literary his.
tory might be written on the difficulties
OF %novelists over the titles Of their
books, says the New York Tribune.
Not n Is sure II he prints a story in
America under a title that seems 10
him absolutely original that soma one
won't turn out to have Used 1t already
In England. We recall that Mr.. How.
ellis not long ago had to publish a book
In England under a different title from
that which he kept for America. and
now Miss Margaret Sherwood. who was
said to be bringing out a novel called
AN Experiment in Egoism," is an
nounced to have rechristened II, before
publication, "A Puritan Bohemia"
Lucas Malet had to go through the
same operation the other day and her
new novel, "Carissima." comes out un-
der the designation only after having
suffered the most puzzling transforma-
lions. There ought to be a place of
registry somewhere to assist authors In
hnding out before they publish whether
their titles have been anticipated or
not. At the same time, we repeat.
there ought to be a chapter written
with accounts Of the occasions upon
which these changes have involved
serious complications or comical deyel.
opments.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22
A PRINCE,
Britain's Heir Apparent Learned the
S~hOcmaker's Trade When "A Youtb.

Britain's Heir Apparent Learned the
Shocmaker's Trade when u Youth.
Custom forces the crowned heads OF
Europe to remain mere amateurs in
the arts, professions or trades they IAN
cied In youth, or which they were
obliged to practise. owing to the prac-
tical ideas Of wise parents, who may
have foreseen that thrones have a way
OF disappearing in these enlightened
days. Queen Marguerite of Italy is q
fine musician, and could earn her living
as a music teacher; the Car of Russia
Is an expert cabinetmaker, and has
made two or three excellent violins,
while the Kaiser Of Germany is said to
be a jack Of all trades and q postmaster
OF all arts. He car make anything
from a drama anG a painting to a line
of-battle ship. But II remains for the
world to hear of a royal shoemaker In
the person Of the Prince of Wales. A
Russian nobleman turned cobbler in
the person Of Count Leon Tolstoi, and,
according to the London Woman at
Home, 1t has now been discovered that
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, heir
apparent to the throne of Great Brit
ain, can turn out a pair of patent leath-
ers or hunting boots with the best of
English shoemakers. The Queen OF
England and the Prince Consort, It ap-
pears, wished that each of their chill
dren should learn some useful trade or
occupation, and the Prince of Wales
chose shoemaking for his trade, and
acquired such a degree of proficiency
that boots made by his hands were the
pride Of his fellow-workmen, as they
were the envy OF his friends at court.
The Prince has never sought to
coneal his talent, and ever today
examines with the eye of a connoisseur
the shoes sent him by the f%urnishers.
And that is why Albert Edward is tho
best-sh0d man in England.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22

salty was known az whisky squeeze"
The gentleman behind the bar having
poured out as much Of the liquid hard
ware as he thought 1t prudent to hide
away, the gentleman behind that wood
en- structure would. with his dexter
hand, force a few drops Of lemon Juice
In the glass and your whisky squeeze
was ready for the sacrifice.
One night Harry Butts changed the
order Of things and requested that a
Few drops OF the extract Of ginger be
deposited In his glass instead Of the
customary lemon Juice. This modest
request of Harry's tickled the lads:
and ever afterward he was known as
Ginger" Butts. No man ever drank
alone In that town. Southern hospital
ity demanded that everyone should
wait until his neighbor vas accommo-
dated, and the man who treated would
shout: Show your glass;" when every
glass would be drained. have seen
a score OF typos outside Of the old
fashioned bar Of the CASTOR house,
which. ! believe, was situated on Pol
JOCK street, wait with true p%oliteness
Tor the cry of show your glass;" at
which command each tumbler would
be emptied with precision.
Now, Ginger Butts was a good-na-
tured, handsome fellow, and half the
white girls In Newborn were in love
with him, not to mention a few of the
~on-colored ones. But Ginger fought
shy OF the fair sex until he met a
young lady in the name Orwell. Just
here I'll call her Kate Devere. Kate
was a typical southern beauty. She
mad the dark hair. flashing eyes. rudy
cheeks, coral lips and the tall symmet-
ricai form SO often met with in the
daughters OF Dixie. That she was
high-spirited and imperious, will be
seen later on
Now, there wasn't a lad on the Times
but would have given his whole weeks
string for a smile or a tender word
from Kate. and for a time a certain
individual who shall be nameless felt
that he was making rapid progress in
her good graces until Ginger fastened
his blue eyes upon her, and then that
nameless persons stock began rapidly
to decline.
One night at a little social gathering
Ginger confid 'ntly informed us that a
week previously he had said to Kate
will you?" and that the young lady
had b~lushingly replied. II will" So it
was hands down and eyes OF with all
the rest OF us after that. Some of US. |
the nameless person above alluded to
included. felt rather sore upon the re-
ceipt OF this information, but 1t was
only momentarily. Ginger was such
an all-round favorite that 1t wal almost
impossible to bear him malice, and in
the course o. a half hour We were all
showing our bottom" at Ginger's ex-
pense.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22

his glass. and suffered: "N-no~, gem
gentlemen sh-show your bot-bottom."
We were about to empty when my eye
rested on Kate, and I raised my hand
warningly.
"Wh-wha.'s natter" persisted Gin
ger. "Sh-show bot bottomv"
Again I raised my hand. Instinc-
lively every eye turned toward me, and
from me to Kate.
She stood erect, her tall form tower
Ing to Its fullest height, and from her
black eyes flashed forth a glance OF
scorn and contempt.
"Unmanly boor!" she cried, us this
language ft for a lady's presence? Be-
gone!" and she haughtily pointed to-
ward the door.
As IL by magic the recreant lover
stood before her completely sobered.
Kate" he cried piteously. But the
naughty southern blood within her
was afire. That blood which overcame
us at Bull Run and Charlottesville
and nearly turned the tide Of battle at
Gettysburg, was boiling in her veins
like a volcano, and she again pointed
to the door.
Broken hearted, c%restfallen. humili-
ated, Ginger seized his hat and de-
parted. Silently we followed in his
footsteps.
Poor Ginger! We tried to comfort
him, but he was inconsolable. A few
days afterward he e~ndeavored to ex-
plain and affect a reconciliation. But
twas OF no avail. The imperious
maiden. who should have been born In
the middle ages-"in the days OF old
when knights were bold"-refused.
most emphatically, to harken to his
frantic appeal. and preemptorily or
dered him from her presence. Within
a fortnight lie left the Sunny South
for the rugged hills Of his native New
Hampshire.
A dozen years ago, while touring the
eastern states I met Ginger in a coun-
try town in Massachusetts,. He was
greatly changed: presumably old. and
suffering from m~elancholia. He made
a c%onfidante Of me; told me he had
never forgotten his early love; she was
still his ideal, and that's why he never
married.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22
A REPUTATION FOR ONIONS.
The Odorous bulb IL Exported to Eng.
land by Egypt.

The Odorous Bulb Ii Exported to Eng.
land by Egypt.
English imports of onions have in.
creased from Egypt and 1t is acknowl.
edged that this country Is at present
the most active and aggressive COM
petitor in the onion trade, says a writ.
err in Chambers Journal. Egypt has
been regarded by some people as the
land Of the pyramids and mummies on
ly. but 1t has from time immemorial
had a reputation for onions. Ancient
Egyptians swore by the onion and re-
garded the plant as sacred. The in
scription on the pyramid Of Cheops
tells us that the workmen had onions
given to them and from the bible we
learn that the Hebrews, when slaves
under Pharaoh, enjoyed these bulbs,
and that when far away they remem
bered "the leeks and the onions and
the garlic" The trade with Egypt for
onions is now so important that four
lines Of steamers are engaged in the
traffic, bringing consignments from
Alexandria to Liverpool, Hull and Lon
don. The Egyptian onion Is a hand
some and useful vegetable, and by
selecting the best strains of seed the
quality tends year by year to improve.
The Egyptians know two varieties
the "baali' and the "miskaoui'-but
supplies Of the latter kind are seldom
sent abroad, as they absorb SO much
moisture from the frequently irrigated
ground in which they are grown that
they do not stand a sea voyage well,
The "baali" onion is the more popular
Egyptian onion and is grown in yellow
soil, which is sparingly watered while
the bulbs are maturing, in order that
the onions may stand a lengthy sea
voyage with little risk of "sprouting."
So excellent in quality are these onions
that efforts are, 1t is said, being made
in other countries to raise onions from
Egyptian seed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22
ITEMS OF

Mohave county, Arizona, Is infested
with millions Of army worms. The
Wallapai Indians make soup of them
and find them very fattening.
A fortune OF 81, OOO, 900 has just
dropped to Richard Pilkey, a young
man Of rs. who for some years has
been employed as a laborer on the
Erie canal.
The Mosque Of st. Sophia, at Con-
stantinople. was built over a thousand
years ago, and the mortar used was
perfumed with musk. The musky
odor Is still perceptible.
1t is asserted by Lyell, the geologist,
that at a period comparatively recent
all that portion OF the United States
south Of the Black Hills was under
from 500 to 800 feet Of water.
A funny election bet was settled by
n gentleman In Philadelphia, in view
Of a large number OF amused spectators.
With a crowbar he pushed a peanut
four times around the city hall.
Love entered the hearts Of a couple
OF inmates Of the poorhouse In Della
ware county. Ind. and they eloped. The
groom Is q cripple, aged 60, and the
bride Is an apoplectic woman Of q.
A gentleman In Bath. Me-.
is seeking a divorce from his wife on
unusual grounds. He declares that he
can not obtain sleep, because his wife
persists in eating dry crackers in
bed"
r. T. Brooke, a wealthy rancher In
Tonkawa. Okla, Is a dead shot. Five
desperadoes attempted to enter his
home. He shot two OF them dead,
wounded a third. and the other couplo
fed for their lives.
A board on the side of a house at
Forbes. Me-, was removed the other day
by the owner. al II appeared warped
He found a hive In the wall, and l2a
pounds Of honey. The bees had entsysd
through Q knot hole.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22

Rock OF all Of its deposits to the point
below. Here the OVERLOOKING waters of
nearly half a century ago lodged the
remains OF many tribes, high and dry,
literally moving the last resting place
OF their dead, for no Pacific coast tribe
eve buried their dead below the sur
face OF the earth. Some hedged them
about with rocks. above the ground,
leaving the face upward and exposed.
Others put a bark covering over them,
while others were suspended from
limbs or left In the forks OF trees. Time
has robbed every form of its substance
and left only the whitened bones and
bleached skulls. Students, dentists
and physicians are eager to secure these
trophies for articulation. So great is
the demand that at least one man has
for years followed the hazardous BUSH
ness of gathering these skulls for the
market. 1t Is risky, for the few re-
naming Indians still keep vigil over the
remains of their dead, and to be caught
In the act would mean a prisoner in
the recesses OF the %neighboring noun
tains, followed by a death OF slow tor
ture. FOR no quarter or mercy would be
shown the victim. Still, knowing this.
Howard Clause, a r~ecluse. nightly risks
his life to gather these grinning, whit
ened skulls, and every now and then
a box OF large and small skulls is
shipped from Portland, Ore. to the va
rious noted seats Of medical and dental
learning In the east.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22

The day Of the contamination of the
nuptials had been named. They were
to be married in October. and Ginger
thought 1t would be a good and friend
ly thing to give an entertainment to a
few Of his bachelor friends shortly be-
fore the wedding. AS no ape was
issued on Sunday, a Saturday evening
In the latter part Of September was
selected as the most appropriate time
for the affair.
So on that memorable Saturday even
Ing a score or more Of us, by special
invitation, repaired to Miss Hates vine
clad cottage. which was situated lust
outside OF town, all prepared to have a
quiet, sociable, but jovial time.
Unfortunately for Ginger, In antici-
patton Of the pleasure of the evening,
he had INDUCED a trifie too much in his
favorite beverage during the afternoon.
Whether 1t vas the whisky or the GIN
ger that worked the change In him, I
never could ascertain, but certain IT
was that he was a trile weak in his
limbs. and slightly incoherent in his
speech.
Miss Revere was alone In the parlor
when We arrived and received us with
true southern hospitality. How beau
tiful she looked! What q vision of de-
light she appeared! There's nothing
half 80 sweet In life as a loves young
dream" said Tom Moore more than
eighty years ago. That sentiment held
good In 1866. and does yet IL an old
timers opinion 10 worth recording.
Certainly v before or since have I
seen anyone look half 90 sweet" as
Kate did on that evening. She was the
very embodiment Of loves young
dream"
Well. the young lady sat down to the
piano, and for half an hour enter
tained us with the Star Spangled Ban.
ner." the Bonnie Blue Flag" Hail
Columbia" my Maryland" and various
other patriotic airs. When she con-
cluded Ginger rose. waltsed gracefully
to the o~ld-fashioned sideboard. upon
which glasses and decanters were
placed, and requested us to imbibe. As
n man we accepted the invitation.
Then the prospective bridegroom raised
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22
Strange Rurinl CusI0ms.

The Greenlanders know a thing or
two. In the belief that "a deg can find
its way anywhere" they bury a living
dog in the same grave with a dead
child. The canine is supposed to be
used by the child as a guide in the
other world. The Australians pull out
the corpse's finger nails. and then tie
the hands to prevent its digging It's
way out of the grave to engage In the
vampire business. The primitive Rus
slams put a certificate OF character In
the dead persons hand. so that no
questions might be raised at the gate
Of heaven.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22
MICHIGAN IDOLS.
Three Strange es and u Slab wh.cn
Were Recently Dug Up.


werc Recently Dug Up.
A remarkable find which seems to IN
dictate that the neighborhood OF the
great lakes was at one time inhabited
by a race of a~borigines other than the
Indians, was recently made by two
hunters near Newberry, Mich. says the
New York Journal. In digging u a
wild animal they unearthed a large
stone tablet six inches thick and eight
cen by twenty-five inches in size, the
entire surface Of which was carved with
curious symbolical characters. Be-
side the tablet were three stone images.
n largest was that Of a man in a sit
ting posture and nearly life size. The
second image, presumably that OF a
woman, was three feet in height and
the third was that of a child In a sit
ting posture and about three feet high.
All three Of the images were found
placed with their faces toward the
east. Scientists who have examined
the relics regard this as an indication
that those who made them were sun
worshipers. Upon the slab were en-
graved inscriptions, each set in a square
OF about one and one-half inches. There
were 14O Of these figures carved on
the slab. Those who saw the statuen
say they look like Egyptian idols,
though the heads were those Of human
beings and not of the sacred animals
with which the ancient race Of the
Nile was wont to ornament carved i'm
ages. These works bear a strong re-
semblance to the work of the Aztec
and the even more ancient Toltec race,
remnants of whose craft are scattered
so plentifully about southern Mexico
and the Central American states. The
trick of frightening the eyes, noticed
In the Michigan finds. was known to
the ancient inhabitants Of Mexico as
well as to the Egyptians and Is notice
able In the carvings Of Uxmal and 9TH
err ruins Of the Miztees, Toltecs and
Aztecs. The strange figures engraved
within the squares are also lot without
parallel, being found upon the n
mentation of the sacrifcial affairs o,
Central American ruins.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-01-22
MOLiERE'S WOMEN.
How They Compare with Those Of
Shakespeare

Shakespeare.
A comparison with the women char
acters OF Shakespeare inevitably sug-
gests itself, but must be discarded at
the outset, for Shakespeare's creations,
like the passions he portrays, are on
q gigantic scale, while the people OF
Moliere rarely rise above the stature OF
the average human being, says the
Chautauquan. Also 1t Is to be noticed
that in Moliere the feminine roles in
| stead OF standing out in bold RELIEF,
with the strong contrasting individu-
alities Of Beatrice, Portia, Rosalind,
take their color from the group OF plays
to which they severally belong. For
the exploitation Of a heroine as sucn
a love story is essential in a comedy,
but as in Moliere love pure and simple
is rarely the dominating theme 1t nat
urally follows that the heroine Is rare
ly the parsonage Of the play. Taking
the group Of which "L'Avare.' Tar
tuffe," lie Malade I~maginaire" and
lie Bourgeoise Gentilhomme' are
shining examples, the motif is the vice
or foible Of an elderly man and the
plot Is worked out on a love story Of
a rather conventional character.
L'Avare himself, lie Malade Imagi-
naire, lie Bourgeoise Gentilhomme and
Orgon, the victim Of Tartuffe, are all
men Of advanced years, heads OF fami-
lies. Each has a daughter, young,
lovely and accomplished. Each daugh-
ter loves and Is loved by a youth ami.
able, v%irtuous and devoted. Each
father has picked out a son-in-iaw &C.
cording to his own tastes, which never
happens to be his daughters, and each
father Is ultimately outwitted through
some reactionary movement OF his own
foible and is prevailed upon accordingly
to bless the rightful lovers. These
girls are all sisters in kind and char
acter. They have charming comedy
scenes, in which they profess their
love. generally to a faithful waiting
maid. whose ready wit brings about q
happy solution of their troubles, or In
which they either defy their fathers or
implore them, preferring death or a
convent to an unloved husband, and
occasionally piquant scenes in which
their lovers appear in disguise and
make love to them under the very nose
OF a stern but easily bamboozled father.