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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03

Draw SEAMEN FROM AMERi-
CAN SHIPS DID DARING AT
CIENFUEGOS, CUBA.
spsniarIs shoot from Nas.ed Batteries
and Rinc rits tpon tho Handful ~
Blucjackcts Ordered to sever tho
wires Leading Into the Guy.

Amid a perfect storm Of shot from
Spanish rifles and batteries the Amer
lean forces cut the cables at tlcntuc-
Cos Wednesday morning, May IL.
Four determined boat crows, under
command OF Lieutenant Winslow and
Ensign Magrudcr. from the cruiser
Marblchcad and the gunhoat Nashville,
put out from the ships, tn" coast hay
ing previously been shclled. The work
of the volunteers was pcrilOus. and one
was killed while bravery doing his du-
~. six others being seriously wounded.
The man Instantly Killed was Patrick
Reagan. None of the ships was dam
aged to any extent. The cruiser Mar
blchcad. the gunhoat Nashville and the
auxiliary cruiser window drew up 1000
yards from shore with their guns
manned for desperate duty.
One cable had already been cut and
the work was in progress on the other
when the Spaniards in rifle pits and a
battery in an old lighthouse. standing
out in the bay. opened fire. The war
ships poured in a thundcrous volley,
their great guns bclchins forth mass
i've shells into the swarms OF the enc.
my. The crews of the boats calmlg
proceeded with their ~dcspcrat" work
notwithstanding the fact that a mum
Der had fallen. and finished It. return.
ing to the ships through 4 bi ndinl
smoke and a heavy fire.
More than 1000 infantrymcn on shor,
kept mp "A continuous fire and the hui
let's from the machine guns struck III,
warships "A hundred times. but did M
great damage. Commander Magyar,
of the gunboat Nashville was slight!
wounded by "A rife bullet that bcfor,
striking him passed through tn" arm
OF an ensign, whose name is unknown
Lieutenant Winslow was shot IN tn
hand. making three officers wounde
in all. After the Spaniards had bee.
driven from the rifle pits many Of thcr
took refuge in the lighthouse fortress.
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WHAT &c. s. H." MEANT.
CabaliStic Letters on AN Egg Finally In
tcrprctcd Rightly.

''b''''
The Portland Express is responsible
for this story: A lady on Pearl street
purchased "A dozen eggs at Wilson's
grocery store the other day. On one
of the eggs she found the cabalistic
letters, G. 5. II. The event vas noised
among the %neighbors, and it created a
great deal of excitement.
All the m assembled at the
house Of the lady who found the egg,
and held IA consultation. 1t was unan-
imously agreed that the letters were
prophetic Of something, but what?
One lady suggested that ii meant Give
Sinners Help" Another suggested that
IL meant God Sends Help" Still an
other said 1t meant that God Saves
Heathens Another declared that II
meant that God Sends Harmony" \
certain old lady, who is well known
for her religious devotion, had not
taken part in the discussion. but sat
intently listening to her sisters, who
were becoming quite animated.
suddenly this good old lady Jumped
20 her feet, and in tones of eXultatior
declared that she had figured out wha'
the letters on the egg stood for. viii
the fire Of righteous indignation spark.
ling IN her eyes, she declared that tn,
letters meant Give Spain He'll" Al
present al once unanimously agreed
that the Interpretation was right.
Lewiston CMc.) Journal.
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Imagination, The fast y. and O. boat
seemed To be standing still. the pas
sage through the Suez Canal was mad
dening. although they went straight
through. which was as lucky as IN
usual. Then there were the seemingly
endless delays in getting of the steam
or and intO the train at Brindisi, and
when at last they were fairly off the
train seemed to crawl along no faster
han the boat. Yet. in spite of all this
impatient and veXatious anxiety. Dick
made an unusually quick journey home,
and in fifteen days from touching at
Bombay he found himself walking
along the platform of the Victoria sta.
ton.
1t was hard on the time Of Christ.
mas crowds Of people were hurryine
to and fro, most of them with that
busy and impatient look upon their
faces which eve the dullest persons
generally assume at the approach OF
the festive season. But Dick did not
trouble himself much about them. lie
had very little luggage to impede
him. all his heavy baggage having been
l'll III lh' SN'hih'l w yin ny H'h
in fact, he had only his ordinary port
manteau and his hat-box, n couple OF
II g and his stick; all Of these he had
with him in the carriage. SO that he
was almost the first passenger TO ge'
his luggage passed.
Cab, sir?" asked his porter.
yes, hansom," Dick answered.
The man shouldered the portman.
teau and went off to the cab rank, DicR
following; but he was not destined t.
reach it without interruption. for as
he crossed the less crowded part of thf
platform he heard an exclamation 81
surprise and found himself face to face
with Lady Aylmer.
"Dick. Dick, Is ii you?" she cried
staring Mt him.
Dick put out his hands to her. Eyes
Lady Aylmer," he said; I've com
back. I'm in trouble-horrid trouble,'
MY dear boy, how?" she cried.
Dick looked about him: he was anx'
ious not to waste a moment in gettins
to Palace Mansions. you are coins
away" he said, uneasily. 81 am keep
ing you. 1t is n long story, and | an
anxious to get home to my wife,"
ITO be Continued)
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The Car at Home.

Alexander III, the late car OF Rus.
STA. .gas said to be an autocrat even In
the bosom Of his family. Nicholas H..
however, is the very reverse. He re-
CARDS his consort as a good comrads
and when in urgent cases ministers
seek an audience late in the evening
he Is invariably to be found in her COM
pany, chatting and laughing without
restraint. The car is generally occu.
pied at his desk, while the czarina bus.
les herself with embroidery work. I'm.
mediately a minister enters she rises
as IL 10 retire, but more often thar
otherwise tho czar informs her >tha,
she IL not one too many.
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not know If the child had been born
or not, If mother or child were living
or dead, If Dorothy, his dear little wife,
were false or true. He had heard from
her once after reaching India, when
she had writer II good spirits and
with many words of love for him. and
in fondest anticipation of their meet
ing In Il few months time.
While ne was sitting there brooding
over his thoughts, a young man dress
ed in white garments came through a
doorway behind him, and pulled up a
big chair a little nearer to Dicks, in
which he carefully disposed himself,
Really, Dick" he remarked, Il don't
call this half a bad place, Not so jolly
as London, o: course, but still not hall
bad"
II hate It," answered Dick, shortly.
The other. fresh from home, looked
Mt him with amused pity. Poor Ole
chap! Lille town better. Yes. of course
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VIZ loipI WIN q ~ ~ " 49, ''''
old uncle, Lord Aylmer,"
"Impossible'' Dick burst ont.
Not impossible at all, my dear
chap" said Marston coOlly, Il saw
her driving with him myself, and jolly
wretched she looked over II. | must
say /. pitied the poor devil out here;
but | dare say he IL having n very good
time all the same. Eth? WHAT he
asked of a native servant, who had
noiselessly approached him.
My lady wishes to speak to you,
sir" said the man, who spoke very
good English.
"Oh, all right, I'll come and Mar
ston went in. leaving poor Dick TO fight
his battle of pain alone.
So that was 1t, after all. No, he
wouldn't believe it, and yet-yet-how
could he help believing it? Marston
had told him the plain, unvarnished
facts, not knowing that Dick Aylmer
and Mrs. Harris husband were n and
the same man. SO this was why his
uncle had suddenly taken a guiding
hand in his fortunes-this was why he
shipped him off to India, at what might
be called a moments notice. He had
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Two Sniurnl EOcs.

Water will eXtlnguisa fire because
the water forms a coating over
the fuel which keeps 1t from the air,
and the conversion of water into
steam draws off the heat from the
burning fuel. A little water makes
a fire %fercer, while a large quantity OF
water puts it out. The explanation
Is that water Is composed OF oxygen
and hydrogen. When. therefore, the
fire can dccompose the water into rs
simple clements IL serves as fICl TO the
danes.
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seen my Dorothy. and wanted mo out
of the way. and my darling but no. no
Il will believe nothing nothing urtil
| have seen her.
Az soon as LORD Skevversleigh re-
turned to the house Dick sent to ask
il he could see him. and to him he ex-
planned something Of the position OF
affairs. ending with, II must go
home. II II costs me all | have in the
world"
Now. II happened that Lord Skev-
versleigh, though he liked Dick very
well. had particularly wished to make
Marston his literary secretary. and had
he been able to refuse his old friend
Aylmer he would certainly have done
so. There were. however. certain pages
of past history which practically pre-
cluded this possibility. but they did not
preclude him from allowing Dick to
throw up his appointment and betake
himself home as sOon as he liked and
with the very next steamer Dick said
good-by to India and to Government
House and set sail for his native
try. hurrying off the boat at BrindiSi
and journeying homeward overland
like an avenging spirit with whom the
wicked old man who was the head OF
his house would have a very hard recK.
oning and but scant quarter.
For always in his heart there was
that piteOus appeal This long 81.
lence is killing me-for Gods sake put
me II Of suspense, one way or tn,
other
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Entertainments Ia Scotland.

In the course Of the arguments be-
fore the house Of lords In Il ease in
which the necessity for additional re-
treatment accommodation at Oban
station arose Lord Watson. himself a
S%co,chman, interposed and remarked
that refreshmcntayin that part Of Scot
land had only one meaning and that
whisky.
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CHAPTER X~XXL-ContinuedJ

NltNf Ett M MI OItllutu'D
'rell me" he said ~persuasiNely.
"NO-not now-sUmc day, perhaps
sh, answered.
You shall tell me now said Lord
Aylmer. steadily.
He looked so handsome and 50 de-
termined that possibly in another mo
fnant Dorothy would have given i'll and
The mischief would have been ont, but
fortunately at that moment Esther
Brand came in.
ON, is that you. Lord Ayimcr?' snc
said pleasantly.
Lord Aylmer dropped Dorothy's
lands with an inward curse; blu he
turned TO greet Miss Brand with his
blandest smile and NEST anirahl"
voice. SO the opportunity was lost for
that dav.
May | join you In your driNeI n"
said. after a few minutes.
Why. surely: it Is your carriage.
answered Dorothy.
Whenever you care To use 1t, 1t Is
yours" said Lord Aylmer calamity.
So it happened that the " ladies
and Lord Aylmcr went for Il drive TO-
gcther. And whilst they were driving
along Kensington Gore, a young man
who was walking with "A lady and d
itttle girl recognized Lord Ayimrr. ant
lifted his hat. Lord Aylm"r looked
annoyed. but he had no other choice
than to raise his hat in return.
"Who Is that" asked Esther.
ooh, some young man or other
really cannot tell you" he answered
And Dorothy sat back in the carriag'
not feeling sorry that the Young maj
had recognized Lord Aylmer. because
in the lady walking beside him SIN
recognized the lady with the cold
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serene eyes who occupied the Hat above
her own. But Esther. who had a dumb
and indciinablc sense of something
wrong, and had seen the look of in
tense on his face. chose that
moment. of all others, to ask Lord Ayl-
mcr the one question which, though
she did not know it, was the most awk-
warG of any that she could nave asked
him.
rs Lady Aylmer in town" she ask
ed abruptly.
Yes" lie was positively surprised
into making the admission.
"Ch! then ! suppose she will be call
ing on my cousin before long
Esther scarcely put the remark in the
form OF a question. and yet 1t was a
question. Lord Aylmer found himself
in the face of n difficulty for which he
was not prepared. Yet he made haste
TO answer for Dorothy's cousin vas
alphabetically a young woman who could
no he ignored. Il do not think ! can
answer for Lady Aylmer in that re-
spect," he said, with his most punctili-
Gus air. she and | do not in any way
live the same life, do not visit in the
same society, except so much as is I'M
ayoidable at Aylmer's Field. In fact,
we do not get on very we'll together
more is the pity-and she goes her way
and | go mine, without one in any
way trying to influence the other. 1t Is
Just possible that Lady Aylmer may
call on Mrs. Harris; but, again. il is
exceedingly probable that nothing
would induce her to do so. Really,
cannot answer for her one way OF tho
other"
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why ala YOU come ont. then, en ron
got the post that was meant for me-
Lord Aylmer got the appointment.
and | had to COME had no choice. |
shouldn't be here Il | had, You may be
sure" Dick answered.
"Ah. Lord Aylmer. Queer old chap.
eh?"
Awful old brute said Dick. with Il
sigh; but he happens for the present
to be the ruler Of my fortunes. and Il
thorough-going old martinez he is, too.
"Ah. | saw him the other day
Dick looked up with some interest.
Did you, though? In town.
Yes"
Now. town to Dick meant whore Dor.
othy was. and for half an instant he
had a wild idea that this man might be
able to give him news of her. 1t died
almost in its birth. however, and he
said. indifferently enough. Were you
in town long"
"a fortnight altogether. My sister
lives in town, you know"
NO. | didn't--didn't know you had
a sister"
"Oh. yes; she's a widow-had a lit
tie fiat"
"A fat" Dick pricked up his ears.
eyes. Where"
In kcnsington. Palace Mansions
they're called"
In Palace Mansions" Dick man
aged to- repeat.
The whole world seemed to be blot.
ting out in a strange and insidious
fashion. and 1t was two or three
minutes before Dick came to his full
senses again.
Il don't think she ought to live
there" Marston went IN, not looking
at Dick, but attending To his pipe. "Liv
ing alone except for the child. Yol
revcr know what the other people are
don't you know. Now. there's a prett,
little living in the fiat below
her"
What number is your sisters
Dick asked in a harsh. strained yuic'
NO. g." Marston answered.
In the flash of an instant Dick ha'
made a wild calculation. Yes, h
meant norothy by "a pretty little wo
man "Well?" he said.
He felt sick and faint and cold; II
knew that now he was on the eve q
news. and Marston's tone had mad
him dread to hear II.
Marston. all in ignorance. went o
speaking. such a pretty girl. | say
her several times-fairish hair an
delicate-looking, almost like a lad,
, Well, she ven to live in the fiat belo'
4 my sisters and was very quiet. Illus
band came and went. My sister far
cied 1t was a bit suspicious, and Wa
careful to get no acquaintance wit
her. Well. for some months all we!
smoothly and quietly enough, then sh
heard. through her servants, ! SUI
pose. that Mrs. Harris husband Ia
gone OFF 10 India. and that she wa
going out later when the child W.
l. born"
= Was there a child?" Dick asked. II
i was trembling so that he could scare
~ force his lips to frame the words.
Marston noticed nothing, but wei
on with the story. "A child. ! don
, knoS If there was one then-there
one now. I've seen it,"
, Dick sat still by Il mighty effor
Well" he said.
well, only "A few days after the poo
chap had gone my sister saw her ham
- ed into Il smart carriage by an old gel
- tlcman-heard the footman call hi
y my lord'-pair of housekeeping hors'
' all in grand style. And now that ca
- riage is always there. and who do "
:" think the old gentleman is?"
!" How should | know" answer'
e. Dick. who was going owe and over Il
u postscript Of his uncle's letter.
" You'll knew when | tell YOU" sa
ne
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CHAPTER XXXII.

y a veranda of tho
Government House
at Madras. Dick
Aylmer sat smok-
ing smoking and
b~rOodinG over the
~inexpliCable tangle
which we call life.
He had now been
three Il with
out one word from
Dorothy. He did
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CHAPTER NSXUI.

Y dint OF hard
travelling day and
night Dick accom-
plished his journey
home from India in
Il fteen days a
short time in which
to traverse such a
distance. but oh.
how long 1t seemed
to Dicks anxious
heart and f~everish
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"Thp secret of never wanting new
things is to keep the old onc well
menicd." said a wise hOusckeepcr. as
she exhibited the shelf where she kept
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-03
~"Primpin' Up

'Ra3tus-"Pete. amt ye through
primpin' TO de cake walk we" Pete
mot quite; gotter git er lettlo more
aige on de razah."-New York Jour.
nal.
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VA W % fsHfUS 70
~ "H COS SS~a~s
SSlofsoc I~1

woman who will invent a really artis-
tic and, at the same time, comfortable
stocking supporter will strike q Klon-
dixie.
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French Doctors Cut on.

One of the provisions OF the French
code forbids a doctor to Inherit prop.
erty left him by a deceased patient
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When a widower courts a widow
they sTe both in favor Of a new trial,
The Iola register., 1898-11-18

artists trying to paint landscapes who
ought to be whitewashlng board fences
"hiie there are others making bricks
who ought to be remodeling constitu-
tions or showing planes who ought to
be transforming lteratures. Ask God
about what worldly business you shall
undertake until you are so positive you
can in earnestness smite your hand on
your plow handle or your carpenters
bench, or your Blackstone's Com
mentaries," or your medical diction-
ary, or your DIR. Dicks "Didactic The
ology," saying: For this end was !
born" There are children who early
develop natural atlinities for certain
styles of work. When the father of the
Astronomer Forbes was going 10 Lon
don he asked his children what present
he should bring each one of them. The
boy who was to he an astronomer cried
out; Bring me telescope!"
But my subject now mounts into the
momentous. Let me say that you are
made for usefulness and Heaven. /
judge this from the way you are built.
You go into "A shop where there is
only one wheel turning and that by
wcrkman's foot on II treadle, and you
say to yourself: Here is something
good being done, yet on a small scale"
Lut if you go into factory covering
many acres and you find thousands of
lands pulling on thousands of wheels
and shuttes flying and the whole
scene bewildering with activities.
driven by water or steam or electric
power, you conclude that the factory
was put up to do great work and on a
vast scale. Now, | look at you, and if
] should find that you had only one
faculty of body, only one muscle, only
one nerve, If you could see but not
hear, or could hear and not see. If YOU
had the use of only one foot or one
hand and, as to your higher nature, if
you had only one mental faculty and
you had memory but no Judgment, or
Judgment but no will, and il you had
q soul with only one capacity, should
say not much is expected of you. But
stand up, oh, man, and let me look you
squarely in the face. Eyes capable of
seeing everything. Ears capable of
hearing everything. Hands capable Of
grasping everything. Minds with more
wheels than any factory ever turned,
more power than any Corliss engine
ever moved. A soul that will outlive
all the universe except heaven, and
would outhvc all heaven if the life of
the other immortals were a moment
short of the eternal. Now, what has
the world a right to expect of you?
What has God a right to demand of
you? God is the greatest of econo-
mists in the universe, and He makes
nothing uselcssly and for what pur-
pose did lie build your body, mind and
soul as they are built? There are only
two beings in the universe who can
answer that question. The angels do
not know. The schools do not know. !
Your kindred cannot certainly know. |
God knows, and you ought to know.
A factory running at an expense OF
S5OO,O00 year and turning out goods
worth 70 cents a year would not be-
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WHAT WE LIVE FOR.
Dr.. Talmage breaches on What Our
Lives Should Be.
The object of Our Existence Down
10 the End should he Action
Paradise Is Only for
the Workers.

Washington, Nov. 10. 49, To all those
who feel that they have no esp, cial
mission in the world, this sermon of
DIR. Talmage will come as a cheering
revelation; text, John xviii, 81: "To
this end was born"
After PLATE has suicded. tradition
says that his body was thrown into the
Tiber, and such storms ensued on and
about that river that his body was
taken out and thrown into the Rhone
and similar disturbances swept that
liver and its banks. Then the body was
taken out and moved to Lausanne, and
put into deeper pool, which immedi-
Htely became the center Of similar at
mospheric and aqueous disturbuLce ces
Though these are fancful and false
traditions, they show the execra,ion
with which the world looked upon
Plate. 1t was before this man, when
he was in full life and power, that Cnrist
was arraigned as in the court of oyer
End terminer. PLATE said TO his prison.
er: art thou king, then?" and
Jesus answered: "To this end was
born" Sure enough, although all earth
and hell arose TO keep him down, he is
to-day empalaced, enthroned and coro-
neted king of earth and king of Heav-
en-. That is what he came for and that
Is what he accomplished
BY the time a child reaches ten years
of age the parents begin to discover
that child's destiny, but by the time he
or she reaches 10 years of age, the ques-
tion is on the child's lips: what shall
] do? What am l going to be? What
was | made for?" 1t is n sensible and
righteous question, and the youth ought
10 keep asking it until it is so fully an
swered that the young man or young
woman can say with ss much truth as
its author, though on less expansive
scale: ITO this end was / born"
There is too much divine skill shown
~ the physical, mental and moral con-
stitution of the ordinary human being
10 suppose that he was constructed
without any divine purpose. II you
take me out on some vast plain and
show me pillared temple surmounted
by dome like st. Peters andSdhaving a
floor of precious stones and arches that
must have taxed the brains of the great
est draughtsman to design, and walls
scrolled and niched and paneled and
Wainscoted and painted, and | should
ask you what this building was pat up
for and you answered For nothing at
ell how could believe you? And it is
impossible for me to believe that any
ordinary human being who has in his
nervous and cereb bral orsani-
cation more wonders than Christopher
""an lifted in ST, Paul's. or Phidias