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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25
SCHEMING FOR YES
How o Women Were Lured to Ore
ron nv Sknlful STRATEGY.

How o Women Were Lured to Ore
son by skillfui strategy.
There are plenty Of women in Oregon
now" observed a prominent Oregon
politician who is in Washington to see
that the state is not forgotten in the
manner Of patronage, says the Wash
ington Star. but 1t Is within the mem
DRY of many u us when women were
very scarce there. We gave It out that
we wanted them for school teachers
and the like, and encouraged, them to
come out there, but the truth was the
men wanted them for wives.
II remember once w sent q young
man to Massachusetts,, where he was
we'll acquainted, with orders I O collect
100 young women and to escort them
back to Oregon. We guaranteed every
one Of them q years employment. The
active man in the matter was a fine
looking young man, who afterward
state. He spent two months in select
ing the party and started west with
them.
"On the trip out he courted n of
the school teachers on his own hook
and actually got her consent to a mar
riage on the arrival of the train at
Portland. The boys howled consider
ably about 1t, claiming that he had
treated them unfairly In having first
choice, but there was a lot Of fine, mar
riageable material left. Some Of those
women are today the leading ladies' of
the society Of the state. More than
three-fourths Of the hundred were mar
ried inside Of three years and many In
less than one year. A few Of the lot,
however, are teaching school there to-
day, not that they did not have any
offers. but because they would not ac-
cept any Of the fellows who offered
themselves.
Nov that Senator Mitchell has about
| given up his contest to return as SEN
ator he will likely be succeeded by a
gentleman who married one of the par
ty OF school-teachers to which I refer.
He will bring his wife here with him
and your Washington folks can see for
themselves the kind Of ladies we had
out there for school-teachers. They
can't be surpassed, even II equaled,
anywhere. l may be an interested per-
son. though. for 1t happens that my
wife was one of the party"
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A QUEER AMIN
The Australian Duck Bill Carries .
sting In One Deg.

sting In One beg.
Australia certainly holds tho palm
for queer and uncouth animals, says
the Literary Digest. Chief among
these is the duckbill or ornithorhyn-
chus, which Sidney Smith described
as "a kind of mole and webbed feet
and the bill of a duck. which agitated
Sir Joseph Banks and rendered him
miserable from his utter inability to
decide whether 1t vas a bird or a
beast" 1t was only recently that 1t
was proved beyond a doubt that this
curious animal lays eggs like a bird.
though this had long been reported by
travellers. Now comes the news that
1t has a sting IN its hind leg, capable
of killing by its poisonous effects. We
quote from the Lancet:
For q long time II was considered to
be quite harmless and destitute Of any
weapon OF ~offense, although the hind
legs q" the males were armed with a
powerful spur, apparently connected
with a gland. Then the opinion was
advanced that this might be a weapon
allied to the poisonous armory CT
snakes, scorpions and bees, all Of which
possess a sort OF hypodermic poison
syringe. Though one set Of observers
asserted that this was the case, an
other set denied, and 80 DR.. Stuart de-
termined, II possible, to solve this ques-
ton. He received two independent ac-
counts. which conceded perfectly, and
from them he concludes that at certain
seasons. at all events. the secretion is
v%irulently poisonous. This mode Of at
tack is not by scratching, but by lat
eral inward movements Of the hind
legs. Two cases are reported in dogs.
One dog was 'stung' three times, the
symptoms much resembling those Of
bee or hornet poison. The dog was evil
IDENTIFY in great pain and very drowsy,
but there were no tremors, commissions
or staggering. 1t Is worthy Of note that
a certain immunity seems o~btailable,
for the dog suffered less on the second
occasion and still less on the third.
Two cases Of men being wounded are
reported, In both Of which the animals
were irritated, one by being shot and
handled, the other by being handled
only; the symptoms were the same as
In the dog. No deaths are reported In
human beings, but four in dogs"
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death the chief dishonor should be
awarded to the land Of the lion n
the sun-Persia. In Bagdad In July
1888, the writer was ordered to pro"
coed to Teheran, the capital OF Per-
sia, on business connected with a for
elgn embassy at that city. He re-
counts what he saw In Persia In the
following:
Crossing the Shat-el-Arab river. We
left the land Of the Turk and were on
PERSIAN soil. At Shirax, q small town.
I saw for the first time a Persian exc
cution. For attacking q foreigners
commercial agent with q sword. va
ccob Khan. q Persian date merchant,
suffered death. The culprit had been
taken to Teheran. loaded with chains,
had there been tried for his offense
and was sent back to Shirax to be Ok.
ecuted. At about 8 o'clock In the AZ
ternoon we saw some burly Arabs
carrying a huge cauldron toward the
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Reading a Library to Write One Nov.

Reading q Library to Write One Novel.
The amount of labor that goes to
the making Of a good historical novel
Is rather deterrent to the writer of &C.
ton who Is used to turning out regu-
larly two novels a year. 1t Is so much
easier to make over again, with a little
Imagination, the characters and incl
dents that one has picked up In the
ordinary course Of life and travel.
Thackeray somewhere tells of the tre-
mendous amount of reading that went
into the caldron before "Esmond'' was
brewed. And a little while ago an
aged librarian related his surprise at
the research the great novelist carried
on, month after month, in his accumu-
lation OF historical details. A whole
chapter could be written in the time
devoted to verifying a detail OF CO.'S
tune or the turn of an antique phrase,
Moreover, the historical novelist real
ICES that he is taking this tremendous
amount of pains for a very few peo-
ple; that hardly n in a thousand OF
his readers cares for more than the
skill with which he tells the story
| But that che Is the man who will tell
| the next generation, with authority
| that the book Is worth preserving
Ladies' Home Journal.
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panions. Repeated ncore brought
her back before the audience with a
more difficult piece each time for the
enjoyment of the audience. Such
range in whistling a little Mary has
is seldom heard in men. She Is a
pupil Of Mary Institute and is quite
a favorite among her teachers and
classmates. She responds smilingly to
a request for an exhibition of her
whistling and never fails to startle her
hearers with her marvellous gift. Mary
is a modest little miss and has not
yet reached the age where most girls
become stage-struck the moment they
think they have a good voice or talent
Of any kind. Her family are church
people of standing and would never
hear to such a suggestion as her avail
ing herself Of her whistling to make
fortune behind the footlights.
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former course. This yearly action Of
the Nile in flooding the adjacent coun-
try and leaving It covered. when 1t
withdrew. with q surface Of rich, fer
tile mud, made a deep impression upon
the ancient Egyptians and they wor-
SHIPPED the river as a great god. The
Mississippi acts in the same way, with
the exception that 1t Is as irregular and
uncertain as the Nile Ia regular and
certain. 1t. is also, In conjunction with
the Missouri, the longest stream in the
world. having a total length Of 1900
miles.
While the Nile has been rolling along
for ages In the same channel, the Mis-
slssippi has been roaming all over its
valley. twisting hither and thither,
building up banks and then cutting
through them and suddenly abandon
ing the old channel for a new one. II
Is doing the same thing today, and for
the last thirty years the government
and its ablest engineers have been
studying the difficult problem of how
to make the Mississippi river [
where It is and keep within its banks.
The cause Of the trouble lies in the
large amount Of silt, a fine earthly sedi-
ment, or slime. which the Mississippi
Is constantly carrying down and
emptying into the sea. The vast
length Of the Mississippi and It's tribu-
taries. measuring 5000 miles of navi-
gable waters and draining an area OF
1,244, 900 square miles, must account in
a large part for the great quantity OF
this matter, but even when these facts
are considered the estimate must still
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25

appear enormous. It is stated by ex-
perts who have made long and careful
observations that the matter thus car
ried down by the Mississippi in a single
year amounts to a solid mass one mile
square and 1853 feet deep. This sedi-
ment is being constantly deposited
along the shores and upon the bars
aud islands that abound In this re-
markable stream. Most Of II, however,
u carried down to the gulf. where 1t Is
added to that already there, forming
the delta. This process has been 60
ing on for such q long time that the
delta. which at some former age was
located In the vincinity Of the Red
river. has been moved into the Gulf
Of Mexico q distance Of 800 miles or
more. All the country on both sides
OF the river for this 300 miles has been
built u In this way. The land upon
which the city Of New Orleans is stu
ated is part Of this territory which
the river has made.
Along the lower course Of the Mis-
sissippi the natural banks of the river
are In many cases In the nature of
levees, having been added to by the
stream until they are higher than the
surrounding country. The strange
phenomenon Of having to walk up
to the shore OF the river, instead OF
down." Is frequently me with In this
part Of the country. But the very
nature Of the soil with which the bars,
islands and banks Of the Mississippi
have been built make them OF very
uncertain length Of life. Being COM
posed In the first place OF SO much
water and being deposited In or near
the river. II 10 very soluble. The water
enters into II easily, undermines and
eats II away until suddenly the bank,
island or bar gives way and In a few
moments the course of the river UNDER
goes a great change.
It is this uncertain habit the river
has of suddenly shifting It's course or
changing its appearance that adds an
element of danger to life In It's vicinity
and makes 1t so difficult to navigate.
Sometimes q steamboat In coming mp
the stream will pass directly over the
spot where stood an island when II
passed down q few days before. Or
perhaps 1t will fnd q new island or bar
where the water was formerly clear.
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Mississippi. A great part of it has
been built entirely OF this rich river de-
post, as the delta Is being built at
pAesent, while the rest has been thick
ly coated with 1t during the various
times that 1t formed a part Of the river
bed. This part OF the valley is ac-
knowledged to be the most productive
land In the world. 1t is composed
largely Of mineral substances, but con
tains also considerable vegetable mat
ter, making 1t the richest fertilizer
known. 1t grows wheat, corn, cotton,
sugar, rice and all manner Of vegetables
In wonderful p~rofusion and In a very
short time. One acre produces
seventy bushels of wheat In q single
crop, whereas thirty bushels is con-
sidered good In other places.
No one can find any fault with the
conduct OF the Mississippi In former
times, for 1t has made the country
tn ough which 1t flows worthy of its
title, 1.-THE Garden OF the World" But
now things are different. The land
has all been occupied. the people are
engaged In filling the soil and they
want the river to leave them alone,
They would like II to forego the wan
dcring habits of It's youth and settle
down into n certain course. But this
the river 10 loath to do. Many schemes
have been suggested for compelling 1!
to stay where 1t is, but the levee anL
lefty system seems to be the only
feasible one.
The first levee was built as long age
as 17I7. In that year De la Tour, Q
French engineer, constructed n about
a mile long for the protection Of thu
infant city of New Orleans. From tina
small beginning they have been gradu'
ally added to until now they extend W
the east bank almost to Memphis, and
up the west bank to a point opposite
the mouth of the Ohio. But although
! they are being strengthened each year
they are still far from perfect. The,
have to stand an enormous pressure
especially In food time, and as tn,
only earth available for their con
struction Is the soft soil that is fount
In the vicinity OF the river, they are
easily acted upon by the water.
The clearing away of distractions n
the rivers all over the northern par
Of the country and the destruction o.
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RAMS HORNS.

Make q call too short. rather than
be yawned out.
Whoever knows God well wants to
know Him better.
Some would rather face q cannon
than their own evils.
Prayer is always easy, when we
knsel on praying ground.
Our prayers for guidance will no be
heard, unless we are willing to be
led.
The man who knows how to live
we'll. will not have to learn how to die
well.
The devil has to fight hard for all
he gets In every home where Christ Is
king.
In the robin redbreast speaks the
same Christ who came to seek and
save"
Nature Is God; botany and geology
are mans; so religion is divine; tl,eol-
ogy human.
The prohibition that gives society
the children who never saw a drunk.
ard can't be such q failure.
The Creator expends 80 much flores
in sunsets and apple blossoms thai
there must be some great use in mere
beauty.
II you want to know the spring,
open your heart; 30, also. II you would
know Christ. knowledge bloats; love
develops.
God made the world for an
apothecary shop Or a chemical labora-
tory, but for a temple: the final word
Of nature Ia spiritual.-Ram's Horn.
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town square, In the center Of which
was an iron grating. raised about two
feet. On this the cauldron was de-
posted and the Arabs proceeded to
chain II securely to large stakes. A
few minutes and the culprit, bent
with the weight Of chains, moved into
sight between two monster Nubian
eunuchs. who were carrying bundles
of brush and wood, others bearing
buckets of oil. The procession ended
with the Cadi, or Judge Of Shiraz. and
q few guards and soldiers. On the ar
rival Of the Cadi at the center Of the
square the guards at once seized the
prisoner and, after tying his feet, lift
ed and put him in the cauldron. His
hands were then chained to two rings
on the edge Of the huge kettle and
the coolies began to move forward.
Those Of than who were carrying oil
emptied It into the ~cauldron, the 9th
ers piled the wood and brush under
and around the big vessel. The Cadi
then took q lighted torch and pushed
It In to the heap Of fuel under the caul-
dron and the flames began to dance.
to the intense enjoyment Of the assem-
bled crowd. In half an hour the oil
became 30 no. that the yells Of the
man were agonixing. Ten minutes lat
or the victims cries began TO grow
fainter and fainter. till at last they
ceased. The man was dead. II h q far
cry from Persia to Nepaul, India.
Nevertheless We will take q look at an
execution in the country Of the Goor-
kas. We were on a hunting expedition
and after two days shooting we ar
rived at a small town called Gunga
Hat. The place % u. . great state of
excitement over q trial Of q man for
the crime Of assaelt. After q trial the
accused was convicted and sentenced
to die the death Of the Hiatt ka pao."
or elephants foot. One hour after the
trial tho condemned was led out for
execution. A very fine elephant was
brought up ana the wretched culprit
was attached by each leg to each hind
leg OF the elephant by q length of about
- feet Of chain. The elephant wal then
sent at a Jog trot for about a quarter
VI y hliic, WIN tuo WictCu VI u VIC
time dragging at his heels. The beast
was then stopped and the condemned
man, more dead than alive, and groan-
Ing with agony, was released from his
chains. Then began the refinement of
cruelty. The culprit was revived with
copious draughts Of milk and arrack,
q substitute for whisky, and was
brought back on a stretcher to the
starting point. After ne had revived
sufficiently to be able to speak, his vic
tim. Of about IL years OF age, vas
brought forward and Identified the
assailant. Then the last act began. A
large, fiat. circular stone was rolled
forwsrd and the condemned man, with
his arms and legs tied. was laid at full
length ON his back on the ground, with
his head on the stone. The elephant
then zane up with mahout, or keep
er, ON his back. and at the word OF
command placed one OF his enormous
forefeet on the condemned mans
face. One instant and the mighty
brute threw the whole of his weight
on to the foot, and all that was left Of
the wretched victims head wal en- un.
recognizable pulp.
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II can undoubtedly clear you, my
dear fellow" said the lawyer, but 1t
will require a considerable sun OF
money to perfect your defense"
II have only a small amount with
me-" replied the scion Of a wealthy
family, who had wandered. away from
home and the path of integrity, "but
my father will honor my draft for any
sum within reason"
"Then," returned the disciple OF
Coke, Littleton ct al, promptly, draw
and defend yourself."-New York
World.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-25
information And Advice,

uIormotioh 1uo ADVICE
Jones-I think you are carrying too
heavy an account In your bank. I've
heard some u~nfavorable rumors az to
It's solvency. Smith-Nonsense! / am
a director OF the bank. Jones-I know.
That's why I thought I'd give you q
tin.
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An Inquiry.

InventOr-This is q new gas meter.
While the gas is burning the meter ac-
Quires such a momentum that II kesps
going after the gas has been turned
of. Gas Oficial-I understand. But
In what respect does 1t differ from the
meters now in use?
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old Books In California.

More rare and interesting books. 1t
Is said. can be found on the shelves Of
the old book stores In San Francisco
than anywhere else In the country, ex-
cept New York. This Is accounted for
by the fact that many families who
went to California In 40 have been
forced through reverses of fortune to
dispose Of personal property. books
among the rest.
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anu makes her nome with them AT
2729 Chestnut street, says the Post
Dispatch. Her father and mother went
to China as missionaries, and 1t was
there that little Mary was born. Her
mother died when she was quite young,
and her father brought her here to be
raised by Mrs. johnson. He then re-
turned to his missionary labors among
the Heather Chinee. When three
years old, Mary showed a marked tai
ent for music. and 1t vas at this age
her grandmother first noticed her fol-
lowing the notes played OF a violin
by a member Of the family. She would
quicker up her baby mouth and whistle
like a young hooking bird learning its
first lesson. The family did not ad-
here to the old adage about "a whistl-
ing woman" but encouraged the little
whistler. She has never received any
training or instructions, picking up
the tunes whistled by the boys on the
streets and popular songs. Mary Is
now a plump, healthy-looking girl with
gray eyes and brown hair. Up to the
age Of 10 she was very frail. Her fam
lily attribute her Improvement to the
lung expansion resulting from her
whistlinG She has a taste for piano
music and accompanies herself when
whistling. She also has a sweet voice
and sings well for one SO young. She
is now able to whistle most diflcult
music and carries her high notes with
a volume and clearness equal to the
best male whistler5. They are as clear
and musical as those Of a hooking
bird. She does not whistle in that
matter-of-fact drawing tone common
to girls who attempt to whistle like
their big brothers, but every note Is
distinctly heard just as 1t Is written
in the piece Of music she is whistling.
She has never whistled before any
but audiences at Sunday-school enter
tainments and a few friends until last
Thursday night. On this occasion she
took a prominent part in the program
at Mary Institute with her school com
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TORTURE IN THE EAST
HOW CoNvicTs ARE EXECUTED
IN PERSIA.
There IL No Stay. and After Sentence
Has Been Pronounced. the Culmina-
ton Quickly Foiiows-Horribis Crasity
In the Land Of tho shah.

EW explorers ana
travellers have Civ
en- Of the
various kinds Of
capital punishment
suffered by crimln-
ais In semi-bar-
barous countriea
For horrible and
unbridled cruelty
In modes Of put
ting criminals to
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A Kansas City barber has put up a
blackboard oil which he daily bulletins
the fresh local and general news
brought In by customers and caught
Y the telephone.
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The widows of = Mormon.

Reporter: You look worried. What's
the matter? Utah Congressman: One
Of my constituents has just died. He
was a soldier in the Civil War and all
Of his twelve widows want versions.
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OUR MIGHTY RIVER.
IT'S MAD CAREER HAS MADE
MANY CHANGES.
The Mississippi Easily the Most Unruiy
stream In the worid-Enorts OF the
Government to Keep IL within Its
bounds.

HE Mississippi Is
probably the most
remarkable river In
the world. The
Nile, which 1t re-
sembles more near
ly than any other
stream, is noted for
the regularity with
which II overhows
its banks and re-
-
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A WONDERFUL GIRL.
ST. LOUIS TOT ~STARTLES THE
CITY WITH HER WHiSrLINO.
Fourteen-Year Old Mary Iaughlin Sur.
prises and Delights an A~dicnce--she
10 Reiieiousiy Inclined and VIII Not
Go on the stage.

T. LOUIS has a
whistler in little
14-year-old Mary
Hood Laughlin,
who promises to
equal, IL not rival,
world famous Mrs.
Shaw. This little
girl is the grand
daughter Of the
Rev. and Mrs.
William Johnson,