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The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13
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While in Paris a few years ago |
was surprised to see in one Of the mu-
seums there an egg Of such gigantic
proportions that ! could hardly believe
it to be a real egg until the descriptive
card. lying at its base, cured me of my
skepticism. That" | exclaimed to
my friend, must be the egg of the roc"
for so large was II that | could NO;
think of II as belonging to any bird
other than that of the tabled giant in
the tales OF the Arabian Nights"
There was no fable about this egg,
however; its history was well known,
and there 1t lay before us, under the
protection Of a strong glass case, one
OF the priced treasures Of the most
what an enormous egg!" Look at the
size Of it," my friend kept on remark
ing. why, II is a very mammoth
among eggs" Perhaps some OF my
readers may think we were unduly
elated over our find, but let me tell
them that this great egg measured
three feet-a yard In circumference.
'N'"i'1e u you Cdu lOI IL llOIltnl dn
egg so large that II measures a yard
around. Not less startling was the in
formation that 1t held more than two
gallons! Eight quarts OF egg! Is II;
any wonder We were surprised?
vbe contents OF a common hens egg
fill about one-third of an ordinary e a
cup; compare this to an egg the ccn-
tents Of which are something more than
eight quarts; why 1t would require n
large-sized wash bowl to break such an
egg in and not lose any OF it,. In ca
pacity it egualed one hundred and ff-
ty hens eggs! or seventeen of those
of the cassowary-a bird almost as
large as an ostrich-or six eggs of the
great ostrich itself! If. again, we COM
pare II with the egg Of our jeweled
humming bird. for instance. II would
take two thousand Of these tiny eggs to
equal in bulk the giant ! saw in Paris.
With such an egg one could give q
breakfast on Easter morn to seventy
five persons and to each serve enough
Of the feast equaling two hens eggs.
Why, a native Of Madagascar-the
country in which these eggs were dis
cOvered-could have entertained a
whole band Of savages after such q
find, nor were such finds rare, indeed;
to the contrary, they were apparently
quite plentiful.
alone OF those eggs which caused the
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natives to prize them so highly, but
the shell itself, which was very thick,
furnished them with strong vessels
useful for a number Of domestic pur-
poses. They served admirably for
carrying water; in fact, the first knowl-
edge of these eggs gained by the civil
lied world was when some natives OF
Madagascar came to Nautilus to buy
rum, and brought with them these huge
empty shells TO hold the liquor. 1t
fortunately happened that some
French officers passing by spied these
strange vessels, and gladly gave the
owners OF them all the rum they
wished and means 10 carry 1t, in ex-
change for their egg shell curios. The
arrival of these eggs in Paris created
n genuine sensation. Many people were
now ready to believe that the egg of
the roc had actually been found, M
that the tabled bird was a fable no
longer. They cited the fact that the
famous Venetian traveller, Marco Polo,
had located the roc upon this very is
land of Madagascar and insisted upon
II that further investigation would lead
TO the finding of eggs equaling In size
the imaginative ones they had read OF
in the fowery days OF their youth. II
certainly was a curious coincidence
that such enormous eggs should have
been found in the identical country
where the giant bird of the Arabian
Tales was supposed to have had Its
home.
After taking a long look at this mu-
scum specimen. We began TO wonde
what could have been the size OF the
bird that laid II, this proved too much
for our imagination, and we eagerly
sought refuge in the opinions as ex-
pressed by the French naturalists, who,
at the time OF the first discovery. had
such an exalted idea as to the creatures
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13
The King Of Forgers.

Daniel ID. Noble, who vas at one time
the leader OF the most notable and at
the same time most dangerous band Of
forgers and bank burglars in the world,
was arrested last week in New York.
Thousands upon thousands Of spurious
6 notes were made by Noble and his
gang and they cut a wide swath
through Germany, Belgium and Swift
zerland In 1880. In 1866 he was the
leading spirit in the Lord bond rob
berry. which netted him, Frank"
Knapp, James Griffin and Little" Pet
tingill almost 81, 200, 900. He was i'm
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13

have prosecuted him as n murderer and
justified his deed.
For a while the Sharon erry-Field
ravelling must be dropped, for 1t
leads far from the Bell house, and in
cidents more immediate to II press for
attention, but the thread m back
TO the stored mansion before II ends
In the most pathetic incident Of all.
One morning in October, 1892, Thomas
Bell was found dying at the foot Of the
great staircase. Somehow he had fallen
over the baluster rail at the head of the
stairs. He died without telling how
It happened. Ii seemed impossible that
IL should save been an accident, yet
Bell la reputed to be worth twelve
millions, and ~obody could understand
why he might have thrown himself
over the railing to the marble floor.
There were dark whispers of a still
more terrible explanation. but nobody
knew and nobody dared voice an &C.
cusation.
Nanny Pleasant had long been
Bells housekeeper. Though he had a
Wiz " Sio"n NHiiul'h lht h'Ntl
seemed to have a voice in the govern
ment Of the home. II was Nanny
Pleasant. shrewd, spotlessly aproned,
suspicious and watchful. who guarded
the great glass doors. No visitor ever
passed that portal without first coming
under her insL fctiOn. Her word was
law. Her ostensible master or mistress
,.G.h. 10 Ia nl.in piabt ne a ,,l.Ia,,
but this ~impeturable old dame would
tell the visitor nobody was at home.
II the visitor was q stranger and asked
for any member Of the family he had
first 10 tell Nanny Pleasant his bust
ness there before his card ever went
in. But II there was anything to hide
nobody knew II. To this day nobody
has told why this city mansion was
guarded like a beleaguered castle.
Nanny Pleasant will never tell. She
iC more than so years old now, and re-
ported on her death bed, but she still
holds the reins over that household.
Four years had passed since the mys-
Thomas Bell. Much had happened in
n interim, Dut tlls stOry cannot be
told in natural sequence.
Four years after old Thomas Bell so
strangely fell 10 his death. his oldest
sen, Fred Bell, went over the same bal
Ulster rail N the third story and fell
10 the hall below, where his father was
killed. Fred Bell did not die, but
broken limbs and bruised joints keep.
him a cripple for eight months. He An
ally recovered, but he never explained
the accident.
There was a story OF a midnight
hunt for burglars, during which the
young nan stumbled over the railing,
lut the Bells never told any details.
The fail is as much a mystery as the
other one four years before, though
Fred Bell Is not naturally n close"
mCu;hed young fellow. Nobody knew
that there was strife In the big house
until the other day, when Fred Bell
filed a petition in the Superior Courl
praying for the removal OF his mother
rs the guardian OF the persons and ss.
tates Of her children. He asked to DO
appointed in her stead. and charged
his raother with drunkenness and In
decescy." He had much TO say about
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13
Power of the preaA.

Wendell Phillips once, when he was
interrupted by an unfriendly audience,
stopped down and began talking in a
low voice to the men at the reporters
table. SCme OF the auditors becoming
curious called Louder" whereupon
Phillips Strengthened himself up and
exclaimed: go right on. gentlemen,
with your noise. Through these PEN
ellis" pointing to the reporters, ~
speak to 40, 000. 900 people,"
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13

Scranton police were notified the 9th
err day of the capture of George Van
Horn, who murdered Mrs. Josephine
Wes.cott in Scranton last August, at q
numbering camp in Illinois, known an
Wadena. Van Horn had boarded with
Mrs. Westcott and was in love with her
but she repulsed him and finally or
dered him away. He secured entrance
to the cellar by an outside door. and
when she came down to get edibles for
supper sprang upon her and cut hes
throat with a razor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13

death. aao thanksgiving In rude splen-
dor was offered up to the Great Spirit,
who had thus enabled them to conquer.
What imagination can picture the In
describahle weird scenes as the dusky
and tattooed savages gathered about
the lurid light OF their midnight fires
to feast on the flesh of the moa. or to
partake Of the giant eggs?-New York
Ledger.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13
DAN" NOBLE.

pllcated in the robbery of Leonard
Jerome in 1867. Mr.. Jerome's loss was
well nigh 100000, Noble served SIX
teen years In Milbank prison and was
serving a term OF five years In Auburn
prison when he escaped. He will prsb-
ably have to finish that sentence now.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13
His Failure.

Tourist Tin Oklahoma)-Did young
Mr.. Eastman, who came out here about
a year ago to grow up with the Il
try, ever attain His ambition? Alkal,
Ike-Wal, no; We planted him all right
but he never sprouted.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13
HOUSE Is Accused.
THE BELL MANSION IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
Is INTERVIEWED WIN MAN
or the SLOPES TRAGEDIES.
Was to Its Portals That senator
Sharon FIRST brought sarah A. Hil -
The killings of Millionaire Bell aud
Judge Terry Recalled.
j-- HE House u

HE House of Mys
terry is opened at
last. The old Eel
mansion on the
west side of OCtavia
street, between
Suffer and Bush,
San Francisco, IL
about to give mp
its secrets. For a
quarter of a cen
fury this old house
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13
Explosion of u Powder House.

The drying house of the st. Clair
powder mill at Wetherell Junction
caught fire and blew up a few days
ago. The fire started outside the build
ing. No one was injured. The origin
of tbN fire Is unknown.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13
MACHINES FOR BREATHING.

But few sightseers at the national
capital find the patent Office the most
interesting point to visit, yet there is
probably no public building in Wash
ington about which have centered SO
many high hopes. so much ambition,
keen research and hard study. The
patent Office, indeed. is a sort Of Mec-
ca for the inventive genius of the
United States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13
NV ShOcklU

Ow ShOckin.
Cholly-Yaas. old chap. death actual.
ly stared me in the face. Algy-How
verwy WuQet
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13

At the time this IS written $50 ASS
patents are here recorded. and an e..
animation of the n.odels of them. pre-
served in the cases. would occupy the
student for at least a year. Among
the oldest Of recent patented devices
are two breathing machines" one by
c man In Buffalo. and the other by a
Brooklyn physician.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13

The Buffalo inventor seeks to ac-
complish the same ends by means OF
n bellows and tube accurately applied
over the nostrils and mouth Of the
person. Alternate inspiration and ex-
haustion OF air in the lungs are thus
brought about. The air-tube before
entering the nostrils passes through a
small heating apparatus. This raises
the air to the temperature which 1t
would reach naturally in the air-pas-
sages Of a healthy person.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13

A machine for breathing may at first
thought appear to be superfluous, and
even ridiculous. yet both of these con-
trivanccs are of benign intent. They
are designed to preserve life. or to
resuscitate suspended animation, as In
cases of drowning, choking, or a sud-
den failure Of the hearts action.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-08-13

The Brooklyn doctors device con.
sists of an air-tight chamber, or box,
in which the sufferer from suspended
respiration can be placed, all save his
ncstrils and mouth, which are open to
the external air. BY means of an air
pump, connected with the chamber and
worked rapidly by a rotary shaft and
crank. the air is by turns exhausted
and admitted, thus causing, by pneu-
matte pressure. the lungs to be alter
nately dilated with air and compressed
at the ordinary intervals OF breathing.
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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-24
Tho Woman Librarian.

Among tho professional avenues that
tho recent movement for tho advance
ment of women has opened there is
none that offers greater opportunities
for her peculiar talents or is better
adapted TO her physically. besides Civ
ing her certain social position and
lucrative salary, than tho newly devel-
oped profession of librarian. Tho wider
scope and higher aims, combined with
the perfect system of the modern libra
rian, have converted this calling into a
profession requiring n special collegiate
course This need has been supplied by
the establishment of anumber of schools
devoted to this specific training There
are as yet only four of these, with
strictly limited membership admitted
after colleginte standard examination.
One is ut Albany, known MS the Ma
tional school and supported by the
American Library association, which
httingly celebrates its twenty first an
niversary in Philadelphia, having had
its inception there in tho rooms of the
Historical society. Tho next in impor-
lance is the Drexel institute library
class, under the efficient tutelago of
Miss Kroeger. The other two are ut the
Armour institute. Chicago, and tho Los
Angeles Public Library school. There is
also summer class at Amherst, Mass
Out of the 700 members of the Ameri-
can Library association the large ma
jority are women. There arc various
reasons why this calling Is pre-eminent-
ly woman's. Tho bump of order seems
to be much moro developed in woman
than it does i'll tho sterner sex. Tho
work requires patience and promptness,
two virtues which women possess III a
high degree, and does not require hard
physical labor They are not exposed to
the same unpleasant influences and the
liability of discourteous treatment that
falls too often to tho share of the women
III the mercantile world. Besides all
this she comes i'll contact with moro
intellectual and cultivated class of
people, and i'll this ono profession there
IS really no salaried discrimination on
account of sex, for she receives an ade-
quate compensation. The foregoing has
been demonstrated practically by the
TACT that as the moro important posi-
lions become vacant, even though pre-
vlously filled by men, or new ones
created women have almost invariably
received tho appointments Boston
Transcript
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-24
Gossiping Women.

There is lamentinG i'll certain quar-
tiers because i'll the case of leisure class
women latter day opportunities, includ-
ing collegiate education, have not pre-
vailed against the propensity tho deni-
Zens OF Vanity Fair have for making
mlnce meat of one another OH occasion.
1t is claimed there is no softening of
the sternly critical attitude women
maintain toward each other in matters
OF figure and complexion, and that bou-
DOR and piazza talk is quite as spitcful
as before the advent of the higher edu.
cation for women. just why booklearn-
ing should have been expected to cor
rect woman's habit Of flaw picking is
an acquaintance with knowledge would
suggest to her other and more worthy
topics of conversation than the short
comings of her associates. Be this as it
may, the disposition to decry which is
characteristic of the whole race, ire
spective of sex Or nationality, is an in
holltance too strongly intrenched in tho
very fiber of the species to be eradicated
by college going for ono generation or
by 1900 years Of religious teaching the
burden of whose gospel has been, Love
thy neighbor as myself. :"
Nothing supplies more convincing
proof of the truth of tho theory of evo-
lution than this we'll nigh universal
habit of proclaiming tho beams in 9TH
,rs' eyes. 1t indicates lusty survival
Vt the tribal instinct of hatred for all
other tribes than ones own, n hardy
remnant of savaSery. 1t is far cry ap-
parently from tho well groomed. hand
somely costumed grand lady tearing to
shreds tho reputation of her hostess Of
the day before to the rude savage mu-
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-24
Tho Really Progressive Woman.

Edward ". Box. writing ON the
theme ION Being Old Fashioned" in
The Ladies' Home Journal, contends
that much of the so called progress of
today is not progressive-in fact, that
old fashioned" women who follow
we'll beaten paths, adhere to old GUS
toms and accept we'll established teach
lngs are the really progressive ones for
the reason that their efforts meet with
no interruptions, nor is there possibility
OF collapse in whatever engages their
attention. In domestic life the pro
gresslve' woman has had very busy
time," says Mr.. Box. ''She began by
upsetting the old sewing basket. 1t was
narrowing to u woman, she discovered
one dark morning Likewise were cook
ing and the care of children. A woman
who staid Mt home and looked after the
comfort of her husband and children
was 'wlshy wnshy. She oramped her
life, dwarfed her intellect, narrowed
her horizon. Clubs by the score, socie-
ties by tho hundred, schemes and plans
by tho thousand wero started, organized
and devised to rid poor woman of her
'thraldom, and these progressive
women were so busy for tho elevation
of their sexl
But there woro few hundred thou.
sand women who kept right OH being
busy elcvating their children, helping
their husbands and believing that tho
sex III general was perfectly nblo to
take care Of itself, and these women arc
still busy sowing, cooking and caring
for their children, and gradually they
have seen sewing classes introduced in
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-09-24
deep pattern of braiding, which extends

deep pattern of braiding, which extends
over the hips and narrows to point at
the back, where the fullness of the
skirt Is lad Ill deep turned under plaits.
On the side of the back breadths is also
braidlng, which extends from the belt
to tho hem. This braiding is in gold
ana tan. The waist is a oasaque with an
exaggeratedly short frill and is a mass
OF praiding. Ruffles of cream lace show
between tho fronts of the jacket, and
the belt and turned over collar are Of
black satin. Another gown, which, to
use tailor's expression, is "built ON
the same lines" is of bright blue
smooth cloth with braiding of black
and silver. but the waist is a short
Jacket with wide turned over collar and
pointed revers Of white cloth. 1t is
CLAIMED this white cloth can be cleaned
by some preparation Of pipe clay, and
1t is tho same material that is used for
military uniforms. Tho white facings
against tho blue arc most effective and
make the gown very smart.
In royal purple n charming costume
is made with the skirt trimmed with
many rows of black braid of different
''' "'A VIC JuChotb NulCu Is GlBnI
hitting, is also braided. The fronts of
the jacket do not meet and aro finished
with rows of round gilt buttons, over
which arc placed lacings which hold
tho jacket together and yet reveal u
glimpse of purple and white blouse
front
"A light gray poplin is made on most
charming lines. The skirt, which has
five cores, has each seam outlined with
u piping of white satin. The waist is
tight fitting i'll the back, but in front is
draped i'll loose, graceful folds of white
satin and has n bolero jacket of white
lace. The lower part of tho sleeve is
shlrred, but the top is puffed With
this costume is worn bonnet of black
straw, with n wide, high brim and mar
row crown, trimmed with u bunch of
white ostrich tips and white satin rib
bon. Bonnet strings of tho white ribbon
are tied under the chin and give do
cidedly old fashioned, picturesque look
that is very effective. -Harper's Bazaar.