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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
The Saddle Question,

IF a solution to the all-pervaslve
saddle question cannot be found this
year." says a man in the trade, the
problem might as we'll be classed with
the squaring Of the circle and thrown
aside as u~nsOlvable. To say that every
conceivable form of bicycle saddle Is
shown might be setting limits to the
powers of human imagination, which
are understood to be infinite. but only
those who have devoted the closest at
tention and the hardest thought to
saddles would believe them capable
of SO many varied forms as are now
exhibited. There are saddles hard and
soft, saddles which look like bologna
sausages doubled together, and others
which resemble loaves of French
bread. Every kind Of leather is found
in the coverings-calf. kip seal, ga
tor, snake and ven monkey skin"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
SIX FEET SEVEN.
Cyrus solloway the TaIicst Man In Con-

gress. h
Cyrus A. Sulloway OF New Hamp-
shire is the tallest man in congress.
He is 6 feet Z inches high. with a voice
to match. He Is a lawyer. and one OF
the brightest Of the lawyers in his
part Of the country. He manages
pretty well in spite of his immense size.
The only d~isagreeable feature OF his
life is the almost perfect unanimity
among all sorts Of people with all sorts
OF opinions he finds his presence in
spires. People dispute his word.
and few. II any. can be found who do
moi indorse his views on all matters
whenever he Is present. Mr.. Sullo-
way Is fond Of Joking, and is always
sure Of having his Jokes laughed at.
No dares interrupt him when he
tells an ancient tale. This Brobding-
nag of the house once defended a band
OF Salvation army people who were
prosecuted for disturbing the peace, and
fell in love with a little lieutenant, who
had a very bright pair OF eyes under a
very ugly poke hat. He proposed and
was accepted. The lady even
dreamed Of rejecting him. because he
could have carried her away In his
pocket. Mr.. Sulloway takes luncheon
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
How to Stop Crying Babies.

Though the sound Of a baby's cry
ing Is never agreeable music, even t.
the most devoted mother, 1t has beer
held for centuries that this was an
affection from which there was nc
escape. 1t has remained for the trained
nurse to discover a method by which
babies are induced to hold their peace
AS soon as a child begins to cry the
nurse catches 1t up, holds 1t gently
and places her hand over its nose and
mouth SO that 1t cannot breathe. The
crying ceases directly and the child 4.
allowed to breathe freely again. Should
1t a second time attempt to scream
the same simple and cffectuaI method
Is applied. This is repeated till the
baby imagines that the painful stop.
pages Of the breath are caused by its
own efforts to scream, and so is careful
to keep quiet.
1t is claimed that this plan works 70
a charm, and that the self-control ex.
hibited by infants three months old
even when in actual pain and distress
Is something remarkable.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
PEARLS.
why There Are Very Ancient Specimen
Now In Existence.

Now In Existence.
According to NJ. Berthelot, the cele-
brated scientist historian, there are no
very ancient pearls in existence. for
which a sufficient reason is found 10
the fact that pearls. unlike precious
stones, are destructible. They discoior
and disintegrate. The pearl Is not
mentioned by Homer or Herodotus, he
states. It begins to appear in the
time of Alexander-that Is. OF the con-
quest of the east. and 1t Is about this
time that the name Margarita-that Is
to say. Pearls first given to women
Not a great deal is known about the
value attributed by the ancients to par.
ticular pearls. The one that Cleopatra
drank was valued at 5000. 900 modern
money. Mention Is made by Pliny OF
a practice of Clodius, son Of the actor
Aesop, who gave his guests dissolved
pearls to drink, says the San Francis
co Argonaut.
The Romans appreciated the pearl
and after the growth of luxury began
to have It's usual effect in diminishing
the birth-rate one OF the laws against
celibacy provided that no childless
woman or spinster should wear pearls
under the age Of 55. Pearls are prom.
inent in the royal toilets OF Europe
Catherine de Medicis was said to have
the finest pearls in Europe. When she
married Henri. due d'Orleans. Francis
/. presented her two great pearls weigh.
ing five grams each. She afterward
presented these to Marie Stuart, who
while queen of France. had them sci
In the parures familiar In her por.
traits. At that queens fall the pearls
were captured by Morton and sent
to London. Catherine instructed hei
ambassador to buy them, but they
were bought by Elizabeth for 1906
crowns. At that time pearls cut 8
leading figure In woman's dress. The
great sleeves were decorated with
them. The favorite ornament, how.
ever, was the paternoster embracing
the waist, then hanging down in front
to the bottom Of the skirt. The deco.
ration was completed by a bertha de-.
flning the breast, joining in front anc
descending in two ows to join the
~paternoster, giving the effect of an
opening in the corsage. Pearls and
precious stones were bought as a con.
venient investment and acceptable col
lateral. Elizabeth lent ego. 900 on 8
pledge of jewels by the prince of Con.
de, Jeanne d'Albret. Henry of Navarro
and Coligny. The jewels were nevei
redeemed and now figure among ths
row jewels.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
Sharkey to Challenge Winner.

Tom Sharkey says that he will be
in the front row when Corbett and
Fitzsimmons step into the ring at Car
son and that he will challenge the win
ner to fight for any noun up to 500
900.
He does not care where the fight
comes of and will be ready at any time
within three weeks after the fight takes
place. He does not suppose either Of
the two men has any particular love
for him. but that will make no differ
ence, nor does he care which man wins.
as he will be equally well pleased to
meet one man or the other.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26

fallen back In general estimation OF
late. Those on the coast who are con-
versant with the sailors manner OF
milling think he can give the
championship any sort OF brush under
Queensberry rules. though under the
old style rules he would probably stand
an even or better chance with n OF
them. However a finish meeting be-
tween Sharkey and Peter Maher should
point out the next best mar to Coroett
and Fitzsimmons.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
The Bible Is the Root,

1t Is related in the Christian Leader
that a son of n Of the priests OF
Mysore, in the Orient, was aroused tc
deep anxiety for the salvation of his
soul by reading a tract. He Travelled
200 miles to visit q missionary in order
to learn the way Of God more perfectly.
On n occasion he was very much in.
terested In reading Bunyan's Pilgrims
Progress" He said several times tc
the missionary who had taught him
and given him the book that it was
better than the Bible. The missionary
pointed him to the scene before him
and said:
DO you see that beautiful mango
tree there?"
Yes" was the reply.
Don't you eat the fruit and enjoy
its sweetness?"
YES"
And where would that tree be
there were no roots to it,"
"Oh," said the man, now I see wha,
you mean: the Bible Is the root and all
other good books in the world are pro-
duced from it,"
The lesson earned by the convert OF
Mysore may be needed by many nearer
home. Those who put anything in the
place Of the Church of the Lord Jesus
Christ. and read other books in place
of the Bible. are as far astray as was
he. We must not forget that the Bible
is the root, and that nothing can take
its place.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
A NOVEL INDUSTRY.
How Dine Man Makes a Living by Buy
Ing Canadian Money.

How One Man Makes a Living by BUY
Ing Canadian Money.
All through that part OF the country
northern Ohio there Is a discount of
20 cents ON every Canadian dollar. OF
course Canadian money Is not as much
IN circulation al Is the legal tender
Of the United States, but there Is
enough for his purpose. says the Buff
talo Express. A man advertised In al.
surrounding country towns that hs
would redeem Canadian money for 50
cents on the dollar. II was some time
before he had any results from this ad-
vertising. 1t was like the man who
stood on London bridge at midnight
and offered TO give away sovereigns.
People laughed at him. The farmers
we're shy. They thought II was a SWIM
ding game Of some kind, and left him
severely alone. One day a man came In
with $40 Canadian money. II was OF
all shapes and sizes from the scent
piece that looks like a dime TO a dollar
bill drawn on the Bank OF Montreal,
II he had spent II he could have Sc
cured So worth of goods for 1t. My
man gave him nine big silver dollars
in United States money for II. Before
the week was out no had exchanged
United States dollars for $3.50 worth OF
Canadian money. This would give hin
4 profit OF SIS wherever Canadian mon,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
Famous Criminal Expires.

Chauncey Johnson, whose career as
a bank and sneak thief began In 1852,
has been continued ever since. except
during the intervals Of his imprison-
ment. died in Sing Sing Tuesday. II
has been said of him that his steal
ings aggregated a greater sum than
those of any other criminal In his line.
An article detailing his crimes recently
appeared In the World.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26

Speaking OF hammering the sphere
reminds me Of a new wrinkle in this
line. introduced by Fitz first In his pre-
paration for that contest with COrbett
which fell through. This is fighting
the bag with little dumbbells in each
hand. which Fitz Is said to have done
formerly for about ten minutes at a
stretch. after having first gone through
the usual exercise at 1t with the
gloves. Now. this sort Of work Is
without doubt q mistake On the Kan
garoo's part. and I believe any trainer
well-skilled in his craft will agree that
1t Is. Fitz' theory Is that II he can
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26

round, sandwiching in plaudits to the
merry rat-a-tat. and Young Critic,
never much of a bag exerciser or train
er under any conditions, used to avow
he would rather go to jail than rap
the sphere ten minutes without a lot
OF awe-stricken rubbernecks. In hand
ball this ~tediousness Is pretty well done
away with; you are always struggling
with an opponent, and talk and jest
put time quickly by.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26

vigne, wrote me a short time ago on
corning the quick grown h%sllucInatIon
as to the champion lightweight's avoir-
dupois, bidding those who were credu-
lous TO keep an eye on his boxer and
see whether he was strong or not at
the lightweight limit. I hope they
have been convinced.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
Arxentins's Queer Marriage Laws

The government OI argentina has re-
Gently passed an extraordinary law
to make marriages compulsory for all
eligible persons. After Jan. 1, 1897.
every unmarried male between 20 and
80 years of g will be obliged to pay
a monthly tax to tho state. The law
also provides that should any celibates
OF either sex refuse an offer of mar
riage without good reason they must
pay $500 10 the person refused.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
Street Names In Canton.

In Canton. China, they name streets
after the virtues. as here they are
named after persons. Thus there is a
street called Unblemished Rectitude. a
Pure Pearl street, a street Of Beneyo-
lence, and another of Love.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26

1t would be a queer turn IL any year
should pass away without Umpire
Hurst having some suggestions to
make on the playing rules. Tim hobs
up each winter with something new.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
THE GREAT BATTLE.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE CORBETT-
FiTzsiMMoNS FIGHT.
The Winner Will Find Himself Head
and Shoulders Above Ali Corners -
Tom sharkey Will Challenge the Vie
tor Just Before the Battle.

ITZ was asked the
other day whom he
would meet next,
In case Of his de-
feating Corbett.
This put III Kan
CARGO into some
thing Of a revery.
81 can't think OF
anybody just now"
he replied. Who
IL there that would
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26

both he and his master are living IN
the hope that he will be able to reach
the million mark. Tom has done most
Of his journeyings on the Alameda, on
board OF which Mr.. Little has sailed as
chief engineer for over thirteen years
The Alameda plies between a fran
cisco, Hawaii, New Zealand and Aus
tralia. and at every port where the YES
sci touches Tom Is as well known as
the oldest salt in the service. There
are dozens OF persons Interested In MIN
and many Of them keep a record OF the
miles he travels, adding to the score
whenever the famous old feline reaches
port. Tom originally belonged to the
crew Of the bark Alden Bessie. lie was
then quite a kitten. This was about
thirteen years ago. One day he
crawled up the gangway Of the Ala
media and started to run around the
deck ~ II he was anxious to start a
record for travelling. Several OF the
sailors tried to catch him. but Tom
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26

In the sandwich-room Of the house.
and prefers a stool at the counter to a
chair at a table. His reason for this
plan of eating involves the fact that
he cannot get his legs under the table.
When seated on the stool, SO he says,
he can see what they give him to eat"
He Is an eloquent speaker, a wit of the
first order, and a popular man In Wash.
ington.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
S~lMnderinE Nevada.

It's all we'll enough for the stay-at-
homes to roast Nevada. but how about
some of the poor war scribes who will
be set adrift out In that country pres
emily? Some of them will be lucky
II they can get back with whole necks.
In this connection 1t affords the writer
considerable pleasure to chronicle that
Nevadans. so far as he can Judge from
reading and labored cogitation upon b
subject. are as handsome. elegant and
refined a set Of gentlemen as n
could wish to meet. This Is no bou-
quet hanging on a contingency Of the
writer's liability to wander out that
way, but a simple piece Of justice that
he has had in mind to say for the last
couple Of years.
Comment on Lavignee- cPartiand Fight
In downing Kid Mcfarland in 20
rounds ION points,, which perform
ance George (Kid) Lavigne did In New
York, the latter probably picked off the
best Of the new light weight brood. 1t
amounted possibly to the longest and
hardest scrap Lavigne has had since
he graduated from the featherweights,
which was on the occasion Of his meet
ing with Andy Bowen at New Orleans.
December, 1894. Mcfarland did well
In staying without a knockout for the
full set OF rounds. In which he seems
to have shown himself q grade better
than Jack Evcrhart. who. 1t will be
recalled, was too groggy for further
consideration after stepping of twenty
four rounds with the Saginaw young
ster. It might be said that Everhart
battled on the offensive more than did
Mcfarland In trying his luck against
Lavigne, but this Is Offset by the fac,
that Mcfarland was less In weight
than Everhart had been. The battle
with ''Partland marks the first time
Lavig- has had an opponent come to
his weight--133 pounds-since his rat
Ting fifteen round defeat OF Joe Wal
| colt, December, 1895. and the Saginaw
boxers meeting men at a weight be
| yond the class limit led a majority Of
the suspicious scribes throughout the
country to believe Lavigne was no long
er a lightweight. Manager Sam Fitz
patrick. who backs and handles La
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-03-26
CAT IS A TRAVELLER.
TRYING TO COVER 100000
MILES ON SEA.
Thirteen Years Ago lie Came Aboard the
Alameda, and Has Been 'at Home
There Ever since -Acted as tho En-
gineer's sentinel.
lSan Francisco letter.

HIEF Engineer a.
d. Little of the
a r Alameda.
OF the Oceanic line.
owns the most
widely travelled cat
In the world. Up
10 the present time
Tom has covered a
distance Of $4,000
miles during his
wanderings. and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-12

-Thirteen millions sterling is the
yearly value of potatoes grown in the
United Kingdom.
Herr Frederick Alfred Krupp is the
largest employer of labor in the world.
On the payrolls of the great Krupp es-
Enlistment are more than $4,000 men.
About Sos tons of gold are estimated
to be in actual circulation as money in
the United Kingdom, that being APP
proximately the weight of & III, DOC, 900.
I'm the city of Durango, Mexico, is
an iron mountain GAO feet high, and the
iron is from 60 to 70 per cent. pure. The
metallic mass spreads in all directions
for radius of three or four miles, Tho
entire deposit is sufficient to supply all
the iron required in the world for Loco
years.
Some German scientists have re
Gently furnished information in regard
to the age of trees. They assign to the
pine tree 500 to 700 years as the maxi
mum, 425 years to the silver fir, 275 years
to the larch, PAS years to the red beech,
30 to the aspen, 200 to the birch, 40 to
the ash, 145 to the elder, and 100 to the
elm.
The 1O0-mile pipe line of the Natural
Gas company, of Pittsburgh, is at pres
emit the longest in the world, but line
Is building in the Caucasus from Michal-
love to Batoum, which is 214 Russian
verst, or about $50 miles long. 1t will
be finished within few weeks, and its
estimated cost will exceed 100000
roubles ($3,O00,000).
The evening primrose = opening
about dusk--has very light linen-yel-
low color for the attraction of night
flying moths, by which, almost entirely,
it is fortified, although it remains open
during the day to some extent, and may
at that time receive some visits from
bees, but II is peculiarly adapted to
fertilization by night-fying moths. The
other species of the primrose family
ESQ called) are fortified by bees, which
IF course, are day flying.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-12

~ do not see," said clever woman
the other day, why the newspapers
should feel called upon to poke fun at
the new law in Colorado which per
mits women to servein the state militia.
In time of battle woman b Just as
necessary as man. Justwearing a uni
form and shooting gun are not all
that constitutes soldier. What about
woman's place in the hospitals during
time of war? Does IL not require a
brave heart and strong nerve to wait
on the wounded or dying? Is not q
woman soldier who can assist the sur
geon as he amputates limb or binds a
fractured bone? Are not the Red
Cross nurses soldiers? It seems to me
that a woman will make as good q SOL
der as q man and always find her place
IN time of war."-N. Y. Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-12

ded to me, and was going to ride on, bus
1 stopped him, and told him what had
happened to the emigrants.
Fred said, I'm not equal to tack
ling three men like those, but you are.
Can't you do something to make them
give the old Imam his horses back again?'
He listened to all had to say with
out word or a change in his face.
When / had got through speaking he
gathered up his bride rein and started
on. He won't interfere said to my
self. It's all up with the old mans
horses But in minute more he turned
off the trail, dismounted, threw his
bride rein over part of the corral, and
walked back to where we were as de-
liberate and calm as a man could be.
Are those the men, and are those
horses yours? he asked the old man,
looking over to where the three men
were.
"They be-before God,' said the old
man.
with the same GOODNESS and deliber-
alton as before Patterson walked over
to where the men were. Two of them
were just going to lead the horses to the
wugon to hitch them up; the third one
was fixing some packages under the
seat. All of them were tough-looking
customers, well-heeled with firearms.
"'What are you doing with those
horses" said Patterson. He spoke quiet
ly. but there was something in his tone
that made the two men by the horses
stop and look at him ss if they had
been shocked by electricity.
"'What have you got to say about
it?' said one of the men. But, bold as
he tried to be, his voice fell and trem-
bled before the look in Patterson's eye.
The man by the wagon was fumbling
under the seat.
"'You stole them from that old mani
Take them back to him!' said Patter-
son, and as he spoke the man by the
wagon pulled shotgun from under
the seat and cooked it. I've no doubt
Patterson was watching him from the
corner of his eye, but he did not turn
his head from the two men he was talk
ing to. Like fash his pistol came out
and cracked, and the man went down
across the wagon tongue, with the gun
under him, and lay there till they took
him up to bury him. Patterson's eye
never left the two men, who stood pale
and shaking, afraid to draw their guns.
Shifting his pistol to his left hand, he
reached up to the wagon box and took
down the whip. With it's heavy leather
braided lash he cut each of the two men
across the face with all his force.
Take those horses back to the own
er!' he commanded. And the two men
led the horses back to the old mans
wagon. Patterson followed, flashing
them with the whip at every step. 1t
was a great sight the way those fell
lows jumped and writhed and yelled
and begged for mercy. the great welts
rising on their heads and faces where
the whip fell. The horses, frightened
at the swish of the whip, were rearing
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-06-12
GAMBLING ON THE NILE.

Breaker of Faro hanks Tells How
the Thing In Done.
pat" Sheedy is back in New York
from Europe after an absence of FIRE
months, during which time he made a
careful study of the conditions at
Cairo, Egypt, where it has been the
dream of his life to establish an oriental
Monte Carlo and catch some of the
vast amount of money that flows thith-
err. But the famous breaker Of faro
banks, looking more like sleek, full
habited clergyman than ever, isn't very
hopeful. He says that 90 long as Eng
land rules In the land of the Nile there
is no more <chance Of establishiug q
public gambling house there than there
is of opening one ON broadway.
Monte Carlo will never have rival, I"
said Mr.. Sheedy, gloomily. "As long as
Monte Carlo stands it will be alone in
the field. In Egypt everything is ripe
for the establishment of such q place,
except English power, and so long as
there is British domination in Egypt
there can be no open gambling. There
is money unlimited, and the gambling
spirit is rampant, but the English will
not stand for it, although there is
a great deal of play in the clubs,
and doubt If there is an
other place on earth where there
is more gambling than in Egypt; but
it is all behind closed doors. They are
all hawks and no chickens there, and
the man who sallies forth in search Of
soft marks is doomed to disappoint-
ment.
THE Russians are the most desperate
gamblers at Cairo, the Greeks the
shrewdest, the Turks the most daring.
These Cairo gamblers take risks that
would set an American to rubbing his
eyes. Anything that is square salts
fies them. The american is good
gambler, but his name is like marbles
against billiards as compared with
the gambling of Europeans. Why.
saw old Castcllane. whose SON, the
count, married Anna Gould, get up
from baccarat with roll of $49, 900
won. He met three friends at the
door, lent them $4,000 apiece, turned
back and dealt for them, pitted his pile
against what he had staked them for.
He broke one Of them, but the other two
broke him; and, after repaying the
$4,000 apiece, they went away richer
by LAGOON. Y. Sun.