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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19

This Is a brief record OF his few years
" power. but II hardly sufiices to re-
zeal what manner of man the emperor
really is. Those who have met and
alked with him describe him as a man
" singular carnestness and serious
less. lie speaks slowly and weighs
lis words. He has n thoughtful face
md a reflective air, and has little OF the
mpulsiveness Of youth. When he de-
sires to emphasize n point he draws
near to the listener, and with strong
gesture and deepening tones OF voice
-eveals his own interest In what he Is
aging. He Is a sovereign who Ia very
much In earnest. Not only does he
take a serious and almost solemn view
Of his vast responsibilities. but he Is
also n man Of high courage and genuine
cluse than his father, Alexander ILL.,.
who never was able to forget that his
accession to the throne followed a das-
tardly Nihilist crime. He drives,
rides and walks fearlessly about his
summer palace, and seems to have no
morbid dread of revolutionary plots.
He listens gravely to what his minis
tiers and advisers have to say, but he
has a will OF his own. and acts upon
his judgment, not hastily. but firmly
and resolutcly. The tsar followed the
recent custom Of House OF RomAofY,
and married n princess from one of
the minor continental courts. The
empress Is Alexandra Alix. a daughter
of the late Grand Duke of Hesse, and
a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
She is amiable and accomplished, but
lacks his mothers strength of charac-
ter. Alexander III was strongly infiu-
enced by his wife and her Danish re-
lati0ns. Nicholas ii respects his
grandparents, the King and Queen OF
Denmark, but he does not share the
responsibilities of government with his
own or with his wife's relations. He is
a self-reliant, proud-splrited Romanoff
who has inherited the aspirations Of
his ancestors and accepted the tradi-
lions OF his race that a universal en-
pire will ultimately be established, with
st. Petersburg as the capital. and with
Co%nstantinople and Jerusalem as sub
ject cities.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19

In adjusting her saddle. and how she
did not hesitate 10 demand my obcdi-
cnce when she really needed my serv-
ices. Jim ordered the turkey placed
before Mary. and explained that her
mother had always carved; no one
knew SO well as she how to select the
choicest bits and give TO each one just
the dainty morscl most coveted, and
now Mary must learn to do the same.
She took the large knife In her hand
and gazcd ut It, looking very dubious;
then she stuck the fork well into the
turkeys breast and made another at
tempt to use the knife.
She looked at her father u moment,
but his attention was altogether bent
upon selecting a choice bit ot celery.
Then she gave me II hurried, appealing
glance! | moved my chair "A litslc, but
said nothing. At length she turned to
me again and put her hand on my arm
and gently said:
IL say. Harry. | believe men are
stronger and bigger and Drawer than
women. Won't YOU please carve this
for me-"
NJ last point was scored, and can
you wonder that I consider Thanks
giving the greatest day of the year. and
the American turkey the greatest Of
birds? hut here We call It the falcon =
It sometimes catches mountain birds.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19

Holy synod. the Senate. the Council or
he Empire. and the Committee of Min
isters: but legislative, executive ana
judicial power Is conferred In the EN-
pcror. Other sovereigns may reign
without governing their realms. hut
,is will is law for church and state.
rhc present emperor assembled the
throne three years ago. when he was In
his twenty-scvcnth year. He has
married u German princess during the
interval. been crowned at Moscow with
Ill the solemnity Of the ancient cere-
nonials. and has made "A series Of state
visits to various capitals and courts.
lie has found a successor for Prince
Lobanov I'm the person Of Count Mour-
wien. his fathers confidential adviser
Al the court OF Denmark, and he has
welcomed with splendid stateliness at
Peterhof and st. Petersburg the Ger
man emperor and the French president.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19
oARRETs AND BOOKS.
Delights 81 which the u"dorn CSitd
Knows Nothing.

do not believe that the modern
child knows anything about an attic.
Tho hn-de-siccle attic IL a respectable
place, whore boxes are solemnly piled
ana whore moth camphor sheds its
Fragrance abroad, says u writer in Lip
pincotts. There are hardly any old
To he found, for most pcopi.
send them to- the Hebrew merchants
on TIE side streets. our attic was a
long, low room. with mysterious dark
corners, into whose depths We did not
penetrate, There was an old hair
trunk IN one cornc that held u,n OF
grandmottcr's muslin dresses. II was
opened only on rare occasions and 1
was allowed Tut n glimpse OF the iau-
cd beauty within. There was an ia
spinning wheel where spiders hung
fantastic wreatbs and there was u gut
tar with iroken, moldercd strings. But
the corner where the books were piled
was the spot ! liked the best. An old
fashioned. tiny paned window let an
occasional sunbeam stray across tho
"i1dios' repositories and SAINTS
Rest Therc was a fine old elm tree
that tapE.l against the window and
sometimes 1t robin sent IA thrill Of Fong
into the dusty corners. Jus, beneath
IT., window scat | used to sit. n small
crnichcd form, bending over . musty
roluioc hut when ! wished To read
under the mos. blissfu' conditions 1
fortified ;dyself with hal dozen rus
set ,pples, WI osc Juice would have Civ
on Favor to- II treatise on Hebrew gram
mar. Now. ! never see q russell apple
wthout seeing also the din old attic
AMI an utterly c%ontented child, INT l
AM sure tho market women misunder-
stand N.Y. wistful glance. for they draw
closer to their baskets and look at ne
In suspicious fashion. An apple. so
some tell us, deprived us Of our Eden;
but apples were an important feature
Of my childish paradise. SO let us
leave them In Pomona's care and look
at the Intellectual part Of the feast.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19

SHE CAME OUT TO MEET ME-"
her side and just saved her from fall
ing to the ground. or course | had to
straighten the saddle; and | simply as
serted:
you see, ] am stronger than yOI,
and / yielded my right too easily. You
will always let me saddle your horse
in future!"
suppose il was the shock that made
her blush and look so baffled as she
glanced at me. and | felt sure that |
had scored a point. After this we rode
quickly home. 1t was almost time for
dinner. and Mckenzie was waiting for
us on the porch. We went together to
look after the broken fence. When we
returned to the house ] found Mary In
the parlor, struggling with a big log
of wood that had rolled from It's place,
and I further noticed that her gown
was in danger from the flames. So in
tent was she In her efforts to replace
the burning log hat she did not notice
my approach. stood there quietly,
watching the smoking log OF the rug,
which momentarily ! expected to- see
burst into flames.
She looked so pitiful and helpless
that my heart sOftened entirely, and |
was about to go to her, when she
turned and saw me quietly looking
on.
Why don't you Gomez" she said.
Don't you see l can not bulge this
log?"
Surely this was my day for luck! ]
saw another chance and look Il.
Step aside" ! said; "let me take
II up" With the aid of the tongs and
a shovel I easily put the log back In
place.
"YOu see, men NH stronger than
women" / said. TaH time she would
give me no answes. but In her eyes |
read that I had pcwed my second
point.
In a few moments snner was ready,
and a happier trio sat down to a
Thanksgiving feast. Mary had for the
moment forgotten her misadventures,
and a more charming hostess could not
be imagined.
In the qu'c, :. o. Mary's return Nc
Kenzie looked blissful and contented.
! confess to having feIt a little nervous
SO far the day had gone we'll with me.
but I wanted to score my third and last
point. anxiously awaited my oppor-
tunity, which presently came In the
shape Of the great American turkey.
The turkey was brought In just as /
was telling In a triumphant tone of
Mary's proud g,fusaj o, my good offices
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19
LEADER OF BIBLE STUDY.

Rev. DR.. james NJ. Gray OF Boston il
n Of the clear and logical interpret
crs of the Bible selected by Dwight l..
Moody to aid In conducting the large
classes that are being formed In Chi
cago for the study Of the Bible. lie
has recently been supplying the pulpit
Of the Clarendon Street Baptist church,
Of Boston. which was made vacant by
the death OF DR.. A. J. Gordon. For six
teen years DIR. Gray vas rector Of rhe
First Reformed Episcopal church II
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19

have no existence In the world. and
that all Of her fine arguments, broad
views on the woman subject were sure
ly disappearing-me melting away before.
her fathers clear and convincing asser-
tons.
She recognized at once that she had
met defeat, and with all the bravery
she could command. the conversation
was turned to other things. In u
short time they would he home and en-
joy Thanksgiving day together.
Was II in truth necessary for me to
see Mckenzie at once about that brok-
Pm fence, or was II only the crisp noun
tain air that tempted me from the
house hours before ! was expected to
arrive at jim McKenzie's? One thing
was certain. I Gould not wait another
moment. and in half an hour ] was
speeding along and nearing his place.
AS I rode up ! saw her standing on the
porch. She came quickly forward to
meet me. ! blushcd like n schoolboy
when l took her hand and looked into
her eyes. Yes. there was still the deep.
searching. truly baby look. | felt re-
lieved at once and thought. 1T won't
be so very hard. after all; she could
not look like that and be really "A New
| Woman
In q few moments | had forgotten
about the broken fence. and We went
together To see the beautiful brown
flly. / suggested that there was time
enough to try her before dinner. and
NJ y acquicsced ut once. She had a
fancy to saddle the horse herself. !
never thought of interfering until she
came to tighten the girth; then ! sim
ply said.
"you would better let me do that for
you"
Never mind" she answered; why
can't n woman use her hands and hclu
herself?"
or course I was disconnected, and
saw at once that / was %treading on dan
gerOus ground, but I only laughed and
said:
"She can. She certainly has the
right, but why not allow a fellow the
privilege?"
Then, In q defiant tone. she re-
piled:
I'VE don't want privileges or aid; w
only want what Is just"
"At your hands," ! answered, II don,
ask for justice, at all; but | do yearn
for privileges"
She tossed her head In reply, and
stood ready to mount.
In a few moments w were off .scour'
ing the country, riding up the noun
tains and walking our horses slowl.
down again. Near the base of the tim
Der line Mary's horse suddenly SHE'D
her saddle turned. but in her terror sh,
called To me. In an instant I was h,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19
Reliable weather Prophets.

Birds. including domestic poultry,
have long been accepted In popular be-
lief as reliable weather prophets. A
German professor explains this seem
ingly mysterious gift on simple sci IN
tifc lines. Birds. he says. are the most
warm-blooded OF all animals. and 'iso
up o air than other animals. Not
only their lungs. but air-sacks in vari-
u parts OF their bodies. are extended
with air, wherefore a change In at
mospheric pressure IL soon felt by
them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19

know, my dear, includes woman kind,
even the New Woman too"
Poor Mary was COMPOUNDED. After
all, were men and women really equal
before the law? II that were so, what
became Of the enormous injustices and
liga1t'C aliases hat women had silent
ly and patiently borne all these years?
1t all seemed so confusing, so difficult,
so very puzzling; she could not doubt
that her father Was rlght-he always
was on practical questions. She looked
out of the car window. and was silent.
Her eyes were full OF tears. II was
hard to believe that the Woman's
Emancipation Circle was. after all, TO
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19
A Humane scheme.

1t Is a pretty well known fact that
most OF the deaths that occur on the
field OF battle result from bleeding TO
death before surgical aid arrives. The
French government has under consid-
Grafton a scheme for tattooing the SOL
diers Of the French army with a GER
tain mark over each artery. so that a
wounded man would be able to staunch
the Cow OF blood himself. and thus IN.
crease his chance OF living.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19

Heartfelt thanksgiving!
Oh! let 1t rise
Like the mist of morn
Toward tho azure skies;
Let the heart he glad
And the song be gay.
AZ we welcome the joys
or Thanksgiving Day.
How sweet is home
With its altar fires.
The meeting ~ sons
With their happy sires'
The fair young wives
And their little hocks,
in brand-ncw coats
And Sunday frocks.
We gather around
The old-time board,
The blessing Is asked,
The tea is poured.
And the children laugh
In their merry way,
When the turkey comes in
On Thanksgiving Day.
But what's this glec
To that which comes
With the smoking pudding
So full OF plums?
And the rosy fruit
Without stint or lack,
And, last OF all.
The nuts to crack"
What beautiful seasons
To him who roams.
Are these meetings rare
In the land Of homes,
When the young and old,
The grave and gay,
Lift up their hearts
On Thanksgiving Day!
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19
A ancient Notice.

Near Christina Lake, In Washing.
ton, a rough road leads from the main
highway toward the lake. where there
is a ferry operated by hand power. Az
the point of departure Of this road the
following sign, posted on a tree, In
forms passers Of all they have to do to
make the trip across the lake by this
route; Wagon road to Cristina II
you want to go acrose hollow or yeau
also a grocery store and hotel.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19
IN AN L CANE.
A Letter To the Earl OF Esssn fror
Charles !.

Charles I.
A dear friend OF mine, now many
years dead. an %antiQuary and a man Of
eminence in letters. was shown over
the cathedral Of Litchfleld by the then
dean. says n writer in the Gentleman's
Magazine. As n souvenir of his visit he
was presented by the dean with a cur
ious and handsome cane which some
years previously had been dug out In
the course Of some alterations. For
years my friend used this. until the
top came OF and the revelation wal
made that the zane was hollow.
Thrusting down u finger, the owner
brought out a vellum missive. This
proved to he a letter to the earl Of
Essex, signed by Charles l., asking him
to bring over his army to the royal
side and promising in recompense for
30 doing his W gratitude and the
richest reward that monarch could be-
stow upon subject. After the death Of
my friend ! was permitted To show the
treasure, for such In fact Il was. mt the
British museum. Alas for the hopes
that had been formed! Mr.. Warner
brought me cut a practical facsimile
and told me that others were In ex-
istsnce. Copies had been made and
several had been dispatched by differ
ent hands In the hope that one might
reach the earl. The copy | held had
obviously failed to reach, though the
ingenious plan OF c%oncealment prevent
ed its detection until the days Of Queer
Victoria. O.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19
THE TSAR OF RUSSIA.
NICHOLAS ~. A FIRM AND RESO-
Lutte RULER.
te,js Ills Tremendous Responsibility.
ana, tn,lkc His Father. Depend,
Upon His own Judr mcnt A Very
just Sovereign.

n Russia the i'm
pulse of a single
will has tremen-
dous weight In the
scale of human des-
tiny. The tsar Is
the richest. most
autocratic and most
powerful OF v
eigns. There are
four councils of ad-
ministratlOn the
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19

An Iowa husband and wife were adj
mitted to an insane asylum at Mt.
Pleasant at the same time. It was
the hrst case of the kind In the history
OF the asylum.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-11-19

In North Dakota the killing OF quail
and English and Chinese phcasants is
prohibited until 1896, and beaver and
otter can no, be trapped or killed until
1903.
Sharp County record., 1897-01-08

whipped were left tied to tn
trees. Had not several OF
fugitjves returned after the
guerillas had gone and lib
Grated them they would have
died of exhaustion, These
poor people left without
food or shelter took up
their abode in the foot hills,
building themselves huts Of
branches and grass. Some
have died from exposure
and not more than thirty Of
seventy,fve now survive.
A Cuban planter was
driven off his plantation
north of Del Rio City two
months ago. Once lnen us
wife and two daughters and
a young son have been living
in the forest in a thatched
hut in constant fear Of Span
ish narauding parties. The
letter told Of other Qutrages
and stated that for miles
and miles where formerly
were happy homes and -four.
ish1ng fields, not a house MOI
a living being is to be seen
Sharp County record., 1897-01-08

the Office be made an elective
one.
He urges an amendment to
the law regarding Directors,
to cover their failure to per
form the duties of the Office
Ptope'ly. On this matter
he says:
while the statutes place
a penalty against Directors
for such failures, we have
yet to hear of a single instan,
ce wherein the fine has been
judiclally imposed. This is
due to the indifference of the
vottes in not filing complaint.
The law should be so amend
ed, 50 the proper officers
should be able to adjudge the
fine aad issue execution i'm
mediately upon the report to
him by the County Examiner
or State Superintendent that
the district electorshad fai e.
to discharge specific duties
authorized by the statutes.
The statistics as reported by
conductors of nornals and
County Examiners show
that in the year 1895 out OF
an enrolled teaching force OF
6286, white and cOlored, So
90 were enrolled in the coun,
.ty normal schools. In the
year 1895, out of an enroll
nent of 0673 teachers, white
and colored, 5799 were enro.
lied in the county nornals
Of this latter number AYE
were white teachers and IS
"a were colored. #ar
Sharp County record., 1897-01-08
Quar- Schools,

The biennial report of
Prof. Junius Jordan, State
Superintendent 0 { Public
Instruction.. has been filed
with the Governor, He says
IN 1884 the school popula.
lions vas 1913, 943, and the
number Of teachers 1890,
and the number of districts
1887, and Directors 10,OS0.
In 1894 the enrolled school
population was +36, 335, and
the number of teachers 62S6,
number Of districts, 1851,
and number of Directors, a.,
600.
Supt. Jordan's review is
clear for the abolition of the
County Examiner and the
creation of the Office of
County Superintendent,
which has brought the
schools Of other States to
stch a high degree Of efhcieu
ty. He recommends that
Sharp County record., 1897-01-08

whose IDEAS of road-makine
or road working as they cali
it, do not rise above a few
pnnchcOns and a dozen SHOW
elsful of dirt here and there,
along the road in the spring.
Those who still cling to tina
theory of road-making are
astounded by the mere men.
ton Of the cost of good
grayelor macadamized roads.
They grasp that because it
is put before them and they
see it all at once. They do
not see the enOrmCH- cost Of
bad roads, and so go on from
year to year paying tribute
to mud and slush without
murmer or complaint except
when the roads becomeJabso-
lutely impossible" as one
OF these gentry remarked to
us IN addressing us in our ca
pac1ty of street commissioner
a short time since. ''Impos-
sible"is good too, when ap-
pIledto the average Arkan-
sas road. 1t is impossible to
draw a fair load over them
at the best season of the year,
and impossible to get over
them at all at the worst.
When people who use the
roads stop and calculate the
cost of bad roads, it will be
only a sshort time until we
have better ones, The loss
from bad roads is as easily
calculated as loss from the
use Of bad machinery, worn.
out ploW tools Or anything
else Of the kind, y
Sharp County record., 1897-01-08
GEN. EG0EB SHAVER.

The Coufederacy contain
ed no better soldiers than
Gen. Robert G, Shaver.
While raised in North Ark
ansas, with no military
training, he was a born SOL
der. That he was not xii
led during the great war be-
tween the states was no fault
Of his. Where the danger
was greatest there he was
always to be found-on the
march, in bivouac or on the
battlefield.
In the days Of reconstruc-
ton he headed a force n II
opposition to Uphan4's mil
tia in jackson and Wood
ruff counties, Soon alter
he left the country with MS
fan1yy an@ rpcnt several
|y,[, in Central America
az PEI rail. Returning in
1875 he was appointed BY
Gpv. BaxteS sheriff of How
arsl county, Snd since that
tilhe has mads his home at
Celtter Point, &where he is
engaged in then practice of
law But Bob Shaver cares
for military than civil
life. In choosinglElm as the
commander Of the United
Confederate Veterans Of the
state there was no mistake,
lie IS the right man IN right
.u
1t will be no to alt Of Gen.
Shaver if every Confeder- |
ate veteran does not become
4 member of some camp, !
Gen. Shaver and his staff |
had possession Of the city yes
-erday. Many matters were
discussed rgani2ation, next
years meeting of the nation,
II encampment at Nash
lille, and other matters Of
to ex.Cohfe derates,
Republic. l ,. |
Sharp County record., 1897-01-08
81 , 80
SOCIETIES..

pvrNISs SHADE LODGE No. ltS, F. q
NJ holds regular communications on
ths Snturdy before list sunday IN each
tl,o h. S. BACON, W. M
Nietcalr, Sec'y,
rvENISG sHADE CHAPTER, No. II, y
q S., meets at Masonic IAN ISL IhurS
I5av IN each. month, at 2 ,ci0cS pi Ill;
Observation-Disclosures N, W. Nj
[WiLIE AULT, Scc'V.
'RrRA1 CHAPTER No. SO, x. A. ~.
NhoIds regular conventions ~ masonic
4 Hal in Evening shaNir, the 80 saturday
X in each month. ,,,rp Il
H. Davidson. See.
..DrprAF LopGE, No. 49,: T.. O. 9
a. N nnfds regular meetings every vi
ETJSQ ternate Friday night; vs.
eS.&s ~ l.. T. MEDLEY, N e.
d. Collins. sec'Y. ~-a
&NMI2tEsZz1> EVENING SHADE LopGT
S s5Ss ~. No 1890, h. Oh . II
[sskjE4Nss 'ifTE;-,day nights n every
FSN.l y. month.
ESrsg itSs,S&$ W. ,GAhRoL SHAVER, D
Y/WlllNWN CD. Wilson R,
Sharp County record., 1897-01-08
horrible WassaCres.

A dispatch from Key
West to the World says: A
rece2t massacre by Gen.
I'M &lizo's. troops in the wes-
edna litter received ~ here ~
today from an lnsurgeHt lead.
er. In a little hanlet for-
ty rnihs north of Pinar dnl R;o
dwelt about seventy-f five, ~, .
pie, most of them old and
all non-combatants, They
lived from hand to mouth,
having few cattle and
some cane fields and truck
farms, Spanish guerillas
commanded b y Plerronto
visited the place a fortnight
ago. All of the people were
assembled and, searched for
valuables, the women and
girls being subjected to
indignities.
Not finding as much as
they wanted, the guerillas
shot two young men, pre-
tending that they were Span
lsh deserters. Six others
were tied to trees and hor-
ribly whipped, being accused
of sending information to
the insurgents, Some, Of
the older men were beaten
and otherwise maltreated.
Two young women were
tied to trees, their backs
were barred and the lash APP
piled numerically because
they resisted the soldiers
advances. Their screams so
aroused the anger Of the old
er women that they made a
combined attack on the guer-
illas with clubs. The guer-
illas easily beat them off and
then fred Unfortunately
am ong them killing fifteen
or twenty men and women
and two young children,
The othcrs escaped, though |.
the Spanish murderers
fired upon them as long as
they were in sight.
The guerillas fired the
houses, throw ing the dead
bodies into the burning build
ings, drove off thecattIe, DIES.
the crops and tram
ped their horses over the
potato patches 50 nothing in
the way OF food could be
had, i be women who we're
Sharp County record., 1897-01-08
Condition and Iac0ry,

Discussing roads good and
bad the Monroe County Sun
has these practical obscrva-
tons; 90 '|
When discussing the accu.
mulated money lying idle in
the treasury vaults, Grover
Cleveland gave uttcrance to
the expression, " 1t is not q
theory but 4 condition that
confronts u.s." II discussing
the roads in Arkansas, Gro.
yer would probably say, II
is both a theory and a con
dition that confront us
We have the poorest road,
imaginable, and an anti
quated theory Of road work
ing is responsible for their
condition. There are thou.
sands of persons il Arkahsa,